言语 (言語)
yán yǔ
Pinyin

Definition

言语 (言語)
 - 
yán yǔ
  1. words
  2. speech
  3. (spoken) language
言语 (言語)
 - 
yán yu
  1. to speak
  2. to tell

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
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 classifier: 门 mén
  3. 3 classifier: 种 zhǒng

Idioms (20)

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

Sample Sentences

现在网路越来越发达，可能是因为网路上看到的人都不在真实生活中，人就很容易随随便便用言语攻击别人。
xiànzài wǎnglù yuèláiyuè fādá ，kěnéng shì yīnwèi wǎnglù shang kàndào de rén dōu búzài zhēnshí shēnghuózhōng ，rén jiù hěn róngyì suísuíbiànbiàn yòng yányǔ gōngjī biérén 。
The internet is developing more and more. Maybe because the people we see online aren't in our real lives, so people find it easy to attack people with language at the drop of a hat.
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这种利用言语制造舆论压力来伤害别人的风气实在非常糟糕，也许只是无心的一句话，却可能让人得忧郁症，甚至走上绝路。
zhèzhǒng lìyòng yányǔ zhìzào yúlùn yālì lái shānghài biérén de fēngqì shízài fēicháng zāogāo ，yěxǔ zhǐshì wúxīn de yíjùhuà ，què kěnéng ràngrén dé yōuyùzhèng ，shènzhì zǒushàngjuélù 。
Using language like this to create public pressure on someone in order to hurt them is awful. Just one off the cuff comment can result in someone getting depressed, or even committing suicide.
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