莫言
Mò Yán
Pinyin

Definition

莫言
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Mò Yán
  1. Mo Yan (1955-), Chinese novelist, winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

留言
liú yán
  1. 1 to leave a message
  2. 2 to leave one's comments
  3. 3 message
箴言
zhēn yán
  1. 1 admonition
  2. 2 exhortation
  3. 3 dictum
  4. 4 the biblical Book of Proverbs
莫
Mò
  1. 1 surname Mo
莫名
mò míng
  1. 1 indescribable
  2. 2 ineffable
莫名其妙
mò míng qí miào
  1. 1 (idiom) baffling
  2. 2 inexplicable
莫过于
mò guò yú
  1. 1 nothing can surpass
言
yán
  1. 1 words
  2. 2 speech
  3. 3 to say
  4. 4 to talk
言语
yán yǔ
  1. 1 words
  2. 2 speech
  3. 3 (spoken) language
语言
yǔ yán
  1. 1 language
  2. 2 CL:門|门[mén],種|种[zhǒng]
谎言
huǎng yán
  1. 1 lie
一言不发
yī yán bù fā
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
一言难尽
yī yán nán jìn
  1. 1 hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
三言两语
sān yán liǎng yǔ
  1. 1 in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
不言而喻
bù yán ér yù
  1. 1 it goes without saying
  2. 2 it is self-evident
代言
dài yán
  1. 1 to be a spokesperson
  2. 2 to be an ambassador (for a brand)
  3. 3 to endorse
代言人
dài yán rén
  1. 1 spokesperson
传言
chuán yán
  1. 1 rumor
  2. 2 hearsay
切莫
qiè mò
  1. 1 you must not
  2. 2 Please don't...
  3. 3 be sure not to
  4. 4 on no account (do it)
前言
qián yán
  1. 1 preface
  2. 2 forward
  3. 3 introduction

Idioms (20)

一夫当关，万夫莫开
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
  1. 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一言一动
yī yán yī dòng
  1. 1 (one's) every word and deed (idiom)
一言一行
yī yán yī xíng
  1. 1 every word and action (idiom)
一言不发
yī yán bù fā
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
  2. 2 in a nutshell
一言千金
yī yán qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice
  2. 2 words of enormous weight
一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一言为定
yī yán wéi dìng
  1. 1 (idiom) it's a deal
  2. 2 that's settled then
一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
  1. 1 each word carries weight
  2. 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
一言难尽
yī yán nán jìn
  1. 1 hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
一辞莫赞
yī cí mò zàn
  1. 1 left speechless by sth perfect (idiom)
三言两句
sān yán liǎng jù
  1. 1 in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
三言两语
sān yán liǎng yǔ
  1. 1 in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
不可胜言
bù kě shèng yán
  1. 1 inexpressible (idiom)
  2. 2 beyond description
不可言喻
bù kě yán yù
  1. 1 inexpressible (idiom)
不恤人言
bù xù rén yán
  1. 1 not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不言不语
bù yán bù yǔ
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
  2. 2 to keep silent

Sample Sentences

你还记得当初莫言获诺贝尔奖时的情景吗？只要书上写着莫言两个字，就保准供不应求。
nǐ hái jìde dāngchū Mòyán huò Nuòbèiěrjiǎng shí de qíngjǐng ma ？zhǐyào shū shàng xiě zhe Mòyán liǎng gè zì ，jiù bǎo zhǔn gōngbùyìngqiú 。
I still remember the situation when Mo Yan had just won the Nobel Prize. If a book had the characters Mo Yan on it, then demand would outdo supply.
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对啊，我记得当时莫言获奖的作品是一部叫《蛙》的长篇小说，这部小说一夜之间就成了最畅销的书籍，但谁又能说它比莫言其他的作品更优秀呢？
duìa ，wǒ jìde dāngshí Mòyán huòjiǎng de zuòpǐn shì yī bù jiào 《Wā 》de chángpiān xiǎoshuō ，zhè bù xiǎoshuō yīyèzhījiān jiù chéng le zuì chàngxiāo de shūjí ，dàn shéi yòu néng shuō tā bǐ Mòyán qítā de zuòpǐn gèng yōuxiù ne ？
Yes, I remember at the time that the work that Mo Yan won the prize for was a full-length novel called Frog and it became a bestseller overnight, but who is to say it's better than any of his other works?
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是啊，在我的印象中，莫言的成名作应该是《红高粱》、《丰乳肥臀》等作品。
shì a ，zài wǒ de yìnxiàng zhōng ，Mòyán de chéngmíngzuò yīnggāi shì 《Hónggāoliáng 》、《Fēngrǔféidún 》děng zuòpǐn 。
Yes, as I remember it, Mo Yan became famous for works like Red Sorghum and Big Breasts and Wide Hips.
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确实如此，莫言的作品大多带着浓厚的乡土气息，作品中充满了对家乡的复杂情感，被归类为“寻根文学”。
quèshí rúcǐ ，Mòyán de zuòpǐn dàduō dài zhe nónghòu de xiāngtǔ qìxī ，zuòpǐn zhōng chōngmǎn le duì jiāxiāng de fùzá qínggǎn ，bèi guīlèi wèi “xúngēn wénxué ”。
That is the case, the majority of Mo Yan's work is suffused with a strong nativist sensitivity. The work is full of complex feelings towards one's homeplace and is categorized as "root-seeking literature".
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我认为，莫言生活的那个时代很辛苦，但他总能以一种调侃、自嘲的方式来描述那些苦难，给人一种笑中有泪，泪中有笑的体会。
wǒ rènwéi ，Mòyán shēnghuó de nàge shídài hěn xīnkǔ ，dàn tā zǒng néng yǐ yīzhǒng tiáokǎn 、zìcháo de fāngshì lái miáoshù nàxiē kǔnàn ，gěi rén yīzhǒng xiào zhōng yǒu lèi ，lèi zhōng yǒu xiào de tǐhuì 。
I think, the era in which Mo Yan lived was very difficult, but he is always able to make use of a satiric, self mocking way of describing these difficulties, making people feel melancholy amid laughter and laugh through their tears.
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哈哈，告诉你一个秘密，莫言曾经到我们学校做过演讲。幸亏那时他还没得诺贝尔文学奖，不然就不一定请得到咯。
hāhā ，gàosu nǐ yī gè mìmì ，Mòyán céngjīng dào wǒmen xuéxiào zuò guò yǎnjiǎng 。xìngkuī nàshí tā hái méi dé Nuòbèiěr wénxué jiǎng ，bùrán jiù bùyīdìng qǐng de dào lo 。
Ha ha, I'll tell you a secret. Mo Yan once came to our school to make a speech. Luckily at that time he hadn't won the Nobel Prize, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to get him to visit.
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看来你对莫言的了解还挺多啊。
kànlai nǐ duì Mòyán de liǎojiě hái tǐng duō ā 。
It looks as if you know an awful lot about Mo Yan.
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