欲言又止
yù yán yòu zhǐ
Pinyin
Definition
欲言又止
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- to want to say sth but then hesitate
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 (once) again
- 2 also
- 3 both... and...
- 4 and yet
- 5 (used for emphasis) anyway
- 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
- 1 incessantly
- 2 without end
- 3 more than
- 4 not limited to
- 1 to be a spokesperson
- 2 to be an ambassador (for a brand)
- 3 to endorse
- 1 spokesperson
Idioms (20)
一波未平,一波又起
- 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
- 2 many twists and turns to a story
- 3 one thing after another
一言一动
- 1 (one's) every word and deed (idiom)
一言一行
- 1 every word and action (idiom)
一言不发
- 1 to not say a word (idiom)
一言九鼎
- 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight