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警世通言
Jǐng shì Tōng yán
Pinyin
Definition
警世通言
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Jǐng shì Tōng yán
Stories to Caution the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Féng Mèng lóng] published in 1624
Character Decomposition
警
艹
勹
口
⺙
言
世
㇗
廿
通
辶
龴
用
言
言
Related Words
(20)
世上
shì shàng
1
on earth
世界
shì jiè
1
world
2
CL:個|个[gè]
乱世
luàn shì
1
the world in chaos
2
troubled times
3
(in Buddhism) the mortal world
普通
pǔ tōng
1
common
2
ordinary
3
general
4
average
言
yán
1
words
2
speech
3
to say
4
to talk
语言
yǔ yán
1
language
2
CL:門|门[mén],種|种[zhǒng]
通
tōng
1
to go through
2
to know well
3
(suffix) expert
4
to connect
5
to communicate
6
open
7
to clear
8
classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
通宵
tōng xiāo
1
all night
2
throughout the night
通过
tōng guò
1
by means of
2
through
3
via
4
to pass through
5
to get through
6
to adopt
7
to pass (a bill or inspection etc)
8
to switch over
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
1
a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
1
one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
世
Shì
1
surname Shi
世事
shì shì
1
affairs of life
2
things of the world
世人
shì rén
1
people (in general)
2
people around the world
3
everyone
世代
shì dài
1
for many generations
2
generation
3
era
4
age
世俗
shì sú
1
profane
2
secular
3
worldly
世博
Shì bó
1
abbr. for 世界博覽會|世界博览会[Shì jiè Bó lǎn huì], World Expo
世子
shì zǐ
1
crown prince
2
heir of a noble house
世家
shì jiā
1
family influential for generations
2
aristocratic family
世故
shì gù
1
the ways of the world
Idioms
(20)
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
1
a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
一窍不通
yī qiào bù tōng
1
lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
2
I don't understand a word (idiom)
3
it's all Greek to me
一言一动
yī yán yī dòng
1
(one's) every word and deed (idiom)
一言一行
yī yán yī xíng
1
every word and action (idiom)
一言不发
yī yán bù fā
1
to not say a word (idiom)
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
1
one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
1
one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
2
in a nutshell
一言千金
yī yán qiān jīn
1
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice
2
words of enormous weight
一言既出,驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
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
(idiom) it's a deal
2
that's settled then
一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
1
each word carries weight
2
a promise must be kept (idiom)
一言难尽
yī yán nán jìn
1
hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
一通百通
yī tōng bǎi tōng
1
grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
三言两句
sān yán liǎng jù
1
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
三言两语
sān yán liǎng yǔ
1
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
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
inexpressible (idiom)
2
beyond description
不可言喻
bù kě yán yù
1
inexpressible (idiom)
不恤人言
bù xù rén yán
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
(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
Sample Sentences