Cantonese Dictionary

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言多必失
Mandarin: yan2 duo1 bi4 shi1
he that talks much errs much; the less said, the better
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言字旁
Mandarin: yan2 zi4 pang2
Kangxi radical 149 (言) in its component form 訁 (simplified: 讠)
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言字邊
Mandarin: yan2 zi4 bian1
Cantonese
Kangxi radical 149 (言) in its component form 訁 (simplified: 讠)
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言承旭
Mandarin: yan2 cheng2 xu4
Jerry Yan
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言教不如身教
Mandarin: yan2 jiao4 bu4 ru2 shen1 jiao4
teaching by action is better than teaching by word; actions speak louder than words
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言明
Mandarin: yan2 ming2
state explicitly
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言歸於好
Mandarin: yan2 gui1 yu2 hao3
make it up with sb; become reconciled
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言歸正傳
Mandarin: yan2 gui1 zheng4 zhuan4
to come back to our story; to return to the subject
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言簡意賅
Mandarin: yan2 jian3 yi4 gai1
concise and comprehensive
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言者無罪
Mandarin: yan2 zhe3 wu2 zui4
Simplified: 言者无罪
Do not blame the man who speaks
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言而無信
cannot trust what one says
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言行
Mandarin: yan2 xing2
words and deeds; statements and actions; what one says and what one does
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言行一致
Mandarin: yan2 xing2 yi1 zhi4
of one's words and actions to be consistent with each other
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言行不一
Mandarin: yan2 xing2 bu4 yi1
one's words and actions are not in accord
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言行相悖
Mandarin: yan2 xing2 xiang1 bei4
one's words to contradict one's actions
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言語
Mandarin: yan2 yu5
Simplified: 言语
communication
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言論
Mandarin: yan2lun4
Simplified: 言论
(noun) (of constitution) 1. Speech; 2. Discussion and opinion
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言論自由
Mandarin: yan2 lun4 zi4 you2
(constitutional) freedom of speech
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言路
Mandarin: yan2 lu4
channels through which criticisms and suggestions may be communicated to the leadership
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言重
Mandarin: yan2 zhong4
Too serious; to say something over seriously that embarrasses someone; to say something that is over flattering
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詳
Mandarin: xiang2
Simplified: 详
an alternative form for 佯, to pretend | # adapted from cc-cedict
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認
Mandarin: ren4
Simplified: 认
to recognize | to know | to admit | to understand | to enter into a certain relationship with | to offer to do something | # adapted from cc-cedict
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認低威
Mandarin: ren4 di1 wei1
Simplified: 认低威
(slang) to admit a mistake or defeat candidly
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認住
Mandarin: ren4 zhu4
Simplified: 认住
recognise (spoken)
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認可
Mandarin: ren4 ke3
to approve; to give the green light; to okay
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認叻
Mandarin: ren4 le4
Simplified: 认叻
(verb) to brag about; to crow over; to show off
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認同
Mandarin: ren4 tong2
self-identity; to identify oneself with; to identify with something
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認命
Mandarin: ren4 ming4
[adj] resigned; [v] to accept, to be resigned to one's fate
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認定
Mandarin: ren4 ding4
to firmly believe; to maintain that sth. is correct; to hold steadfast to one's opinion (on sth.)
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認屎認屁
Mandarin: ren4 shi3 ren4 pi4
Simplified: 认屎认屁
to be boastful
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