言不由衷 yán bù yóu zhōng ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄨㄥ jin4 bat1 jau4 cung1
- to say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek
- saying one thing but meaning sth different
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言
- 传言 傳言 chuán yán ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ cyun4 jin4 rumor
- 名言 míng yán ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ ming4 jin4 saying
- 宣言 xuān yán ㄒㄩㄢ ㄧㄢˊ syun1 jin4 declaration
- 寓言 yù yán ㄩˋ ㄧㄢˊ jyu6 jin4 fable; allegory; parable
- 怨言 yuàn yán ㄩㄢˋ ㄧㄢˊ jyun3 jin4 complaint
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- 方言 fāng yán ㄈㄤ ㄧㄢˊ fong1 jin4 topolect
- 留言 liú yán ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄢˊ lau4 jin4 to leave a message; to leave one's comments
- 发言 發言 fā yán ㄈㄚ ㄧㄢˊ faat3 jin4 to make a speech
- 而言 ér yán ㄦˊ ㄧㄢˊ ji4 jin4 (typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...
- 言行 yán xíng ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ jin4 hang6 words and actions
- 言语 言語 yán yǔ ㄧㄢˊ ㄩˇ jin4 jyu5 words
- 言论 言論 yán lùn ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄣˋ jin4 leon6 expression of opinion
- 言辞 言辭 yán cí ㄧㄢˊ ㄘˊ jin4 ci4 words
- 语言 語言 yǔ yán ㄩˇ ㄧㄢˊ jyu5 jin4 language
- 诺言 諾言 nuò yán ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄢˊ nok6 jin4 promise
- 谎言 謊言 huǎng yán ㄏㄨㄤˇ ㄧㄢˊ fong1 jin4 lie
- 谣言 謠言 yáo yán ㄧㄠˊ ㄧㄢˊ jiu4 jin4 rumor
- 预言 預言 yù yán ㄩˋ ㄧㄢˊ jyu6 jin4 to predict
- 代言人 dài yán rén ㄉㄞˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ doi6 jin4 jan4 spokesperson
- 换言之 換言之 huàn yán zhī ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ wun6 jin4 zi1 in other words
不
- 不下 bù xià ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ bat1 haa6 to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
- 不久 bù jiǔ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ bat1 gau2 not long (after)
- 不但 bù dàn ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄢˋ bat1 daan6 not only (... but also ...)
- 不便 bù biàn ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ bat1 bin6 inconvenient
- 不值 bù zhí ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˊ bat1 zik6 not worth
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- 不停 bù tíng ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥˊ bat1 ting4 incessant
- 不仅 不僅 bù jǐn ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ bat1 gan2 not just; not limited to
- 不光 bù guāng ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄤ bat1 gwong1 not the only one
- 不免 bù miǎn ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄢˇ bat1 min5 inevitably
- 不公 bù gōng ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄥ bat1 gung1 unjust
- 不再 bù zài ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄞˋ bat1 zoi3 no more; no longer
- 不准 bù zhǔn ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄣˇ bat1 zeon2 not to allow
- 不凡 bù fán ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄢˊ bat1 faan4 extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional
- 不利 bù lì ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ bat1 lei6 unfavorable
- 不到 bù dào ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˋ bat1 dou3 not to arrive
- 不力 bù lì ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ bat1 lik6 not to do one's best
- 不及 bù jí ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ bat1 kap6 to fall short of
- 不同 bù tóng ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ bat1 tung4 different
- 不堪 bù kān ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢ bat1 ham1 cannot bear
- 不够 不夠 bù gòu ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄡˋ bat1 gau3 not enough
由
- 理由 lǐ yóu ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄡˊ lei5 jau4 reason
- 由来 由來 yóu lái ㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄞˊ jau4 loi4 origin
- 由于 由於 yóu yú ㄧㄡˊ ㄩˊ jau4 jyu1 due to
- 由此 yóu cǐ ㄧㄡˊ ㄘˇ jau4 ci2 hereby
- 由衷 yóu zhōng ㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄨㄥ jau4 cung1 heartfelt
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- 自由 zì yóu ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˊ zi6 jau4 freedom; liberty
- 不由得 bù yóu de ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄉㄜ bat1 jau4 dak1 can't help
- 不由自主 bù yóu zì zhǔ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄗˋ ㄓㄨˇ bat1 jau4 zi6 zyu2 (idiom) can't help but; involuntarily
- 由此可见 由此可見 yóu cǐ kě jiàn ㄧㄡˊ ㄘˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ jau4 ci2 ho2 gin3 from this, it can be seen that...
- 由此看来 由此看來 yóu cǐ kàn lái ㄧㄡˊ ㄘˇ ㄎㄢˋ ㄌㄞˊ jau4 ci2 hon3 loi4 thereby
- 自由自在 zì yóu zì zài ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄗˋ ㄗㄞˋ zi6 jau4 zi6 zoi6 free and easy (idiom); carefree
- 身不由己 shēn bù yóu jǐ ㄕㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧˇ san1 bat1 jau4 gei2 (idiom) (of one's circumstances) beyond one's control; unable to do anything about it; (of one's actions) not subject to conscious control (i.e. done in spite of oneself)
- 不由 bù yóu ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ bat1 jau4 can't help (doing sth)
- 事由 shì yóu ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˊ si6 jau4 main content
- 交由 jiāo yóu ㄐㄧㄠ ㄧㄡˊ gaau1 jau4 to hand over (responsibility for sth) to (sb)
- 任由 rèn yóu ㄖㄣˋ ㄧㄡˊ jam6 jau4 to let (sb do sth)
- 来由 來由 lái yóu ㄌㄞˊ ㄧㄡˊ loi4 jau4 reason; cause
- 即由 jí yóu ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄡˊ zik1 jau4 namely
- 原由 yuán yóu ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄡˊ jyun4 jau4 variant of 缘由
- 因由 yīn yóu ㄧㄣ ㄧㄡˊ jan1 jau4 reason
衷
- 初衷 chū zhōng ㄔㄨ ㄓㄨㄥ co1 cung1 original intention
- 热衷 熱衷 rè zhōng ㄖㄜˋ ㄓㄨㄥ jit6 cung1 to feel strongly about
- 由衷 yóu zhōng ㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄨㄥ jau4 cung1 heartfelt
- 苦衷 kǔ zhōng ㄎㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄥ fu2 cung1 secret trouble
- 衷心 zhōng xīn ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ cung1 sam1 heartfelt
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- 丹衷 dān zhōng ㄉㄢ ㄓㄨㄥ daan1 cung1 real sincerity
- 折衷 zhé zhōng ㄓㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥ zit3 cung1 variant of 折中
- 隐衷 隱衷 yǐn zhōng ㄧㄣˇ ㄓㄨㄥ jan2 cung1 a secret
- 互诉衷肠 互訴衷腸 hù sù zhōng cháng ㄏㄨˋ ㄙㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄔㄤˊ wu6 sou3 cung1 coeng2 (idiom) to confide in each other
- 倾吐衷肠 傾吐衷腸 qīng tǔ zhōng cháng ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄔㄤˊ king1 tou3 cung1 coeng4 to pour out (emotions)
- 折衷主义 折衷主義 zhé zhōng zhǔ yì ㄓㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ zit3 cung1 zyu2 ji6 eclecticism
- 折衷鹦鹉 折衷鸚鵡 zhé zhōng yīng wǔ ㄓㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄥ ㄨˇ zit3 cung1 jing1 mou5 Eclectus roratus (red-green parrot of Papua-New Guinea)
- 无动于衷 無動於衷 wú dòng yú zhōng ㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄩˊ ㄓㄨㄥ mou4 dung6 jyu1 cung1 aloof
- 莫衷一是 mò zhōng yī shì ㄇㄛˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧ ㄕˋ mok6 cung1 jat1 si6 unable to reach a decision (idiom); cannot agree on the right choice