遗言 (遺言)
yí yán
Pinyin

Definition

遗言 (遺言)
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yí yán
  1. words of the deceased
  2. last words of the dying
  3. wisdom of past sages

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

现在展现在我们眼前的是一尊巨大的雕像，这就是无名英雄纪念碑。纪念碑的旁边安息着无数无名烈士。他们没有留下自己的名字，没有给家人留下遗书遗言，然而在我们所有人的心中，他们就是"英雄"！
xiànzài zhǎnxiàn zài wǒmen yǎnqián de shì yī zūn jùdà de diāoxiàng ，zhè jiùshì wúmíngyīngxióng jìniànbēi 。jìniànbēi de pángbiān ānxī zhe wúshù wúmíng lièshì 。tāmen méiyǒu liúxià zìjǐ de míngzi ，méiyǒu gěi jiārén liúxià yíshū yíyán ，ránér zài wǒmen suǒyǒurén de xīnzhōng ，tāmen jiùshì "yīngxióng "！
Now before us we can see a large statue. This is the Monument of the Unknown Heroes. Next to the Monument are the remains of countless, nameless martyrs. They didn't leave behind their names and they didn't leave any writings for their families. However, they are in our hearts; they are “heroes”!
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他确实很担心国家和人民的命运。他的遗言是“革命尚未成功，同志仍须努力”。
tā quèshí hěn dānxīn guójiā hé rénmín de mìngyùn 。tā de yíyán shì “gémìng shàng wèi chénggōng ，tóngzhì réng xū nǔlì ”。
He certainly was very concerned with the destiny of his country and people. His last words before he died were 'The revolution has not yet succeeded. Comrades, we must still make great efforts.'
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说一下你的遗言吧。
shuō yīxià nǐ de yíyán ba 。
Say your last words.
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