无言 (無言) wúyán
wúyán
verb
to remain silent; to have nothing to say
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '無言')
Contained in
- 无言以对(無言以對) to be left speechless; unable to respond
- 默默无言(默默無言) shut up and be silent
- 无言可对(無言可對) unable to reply; left speechless; at a loss for words
- 哑口无言(啞口無言) dumbstruck; left speechless; at a loss for words
- 缄口无言(緘口無言) keep one's mouth shut and stay silent
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷第四 仲尼篇 Chapter 4: Confucius Liezi 列子 — count: 5
- 卷五十九 Scroll 59 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 宙合第十一 Chapter 11: Zhou He Guanzi 管子 — count: 3
- 卷九 正諫 Chapter 9: Direct Advice Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 3
- 卷四 兼愛下 Book 4 - Universal Love III Mozi 墨子 — count: 3
- 卷一百六十五 列傳第一百十五: 韋夏卿 王正雅 柳公綽 崔玄亮 溫造 郭承嘏 殷侑 徐晦 Volume 165 Biographies 115: Wei Xiaqing, Wang Zhengya, Liu Gongchao, Cui Xuanliang, Wen Zao, Guo Chenggu, Yin You, Xu Hui Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 2
- 卷二十四 魏書二十四 韓崔高孫王傳 Volume 24: Book of Wei 24 - Biographies of Han, Cui, Gao, Sun, and Wang Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 2
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 2
- 卷二十 列傳第十 謝弘微 Volume 20 Biographies 10: Xie Hongwei History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 2
- 卷二十二 列傳第十二 王曇首 Volume 22 Biographies 12: Wang Tanshou History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 2
Collocations
- 独无言 (獨無言) 和獨無言 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷八十三 列傳第五十三 顧和 袁瑰 江逌 車胤 殷顗 王雅 Volume 83 Biographies 53: Gu He; Yuan Mei; Jiang You; Che Yin; Yin Yi; Wang Ya — count: 9
- 默然无言 (默然無言) 默然無言者三年矣 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十五 東方朔傳 Volume 65: Dongfang Shuo — count: 8
- 终无言 (終無言) 終無言也 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孟子荀卿列傳》 Biographies of Mengzi and Xun Qing — count: 7
- 假无言 (假無言) 鬷假無言 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
- 欲无言 (欲無言) 予欲無言 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 17. 《陽貨》 Yang Huo — count: 5
- 无言责 (無言責) 我無言責也 — Mencius 孟子, 公孫丑下 Gong Sun Chou II — count: 5
- 遂无言 (遂無言) 遂無言 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《五宗世家》 House of the Five Clans — count: 4
- 无言可 (無言可) 承無言可答 — Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義, 第二十回 Chapter 20 — count: 4
- 人无言 (人無言) 人無言而神 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十六 說山訓 Chapter 16: A Mountain of Persuasion — count: 4
- 无言语 (無言語) 盡無言語 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十七回 Chapter 17 — count: 3