天子无戏言 (天子無戲言) tiānzǐ wú xì yán
tiānzǐ wú xì yán
phrase
the emperor does not play with words
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from Book 1 of 說苑 Garden of Eloquence (Liu Xiang and Henry 2021, pp. 22-23)
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷一百〇九 列傳第五十九: 馮盎 阿史那社爾 契苾何力 黑齒常之 李多祚 李嗣業 白孝德 Volume 109 Biographies 59: Feng Gang, Ashinashe'er, Qibi Heli, Heichi Changzhi, Li Duozuo, Li Siye, Bai Xiaode Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
- 《晉世家》 House of Jin Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 1
- 卷一 君道 Chapter 1: The Way of the Ruler Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 1
- 卷一百二十七 載記第二十七 慕容德 Volume 12 Records 27: Murong De Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1
- 卷二 Scroll 2 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
- 卷十四 魏書十四 程郭董劉蔣劉傳 Volume 14: Book of Wei 14 - Biographies of Cheng, Dong, Guo, Liu, Jiang, and Liu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 1
- 卷十三 魏書十三 鍾繇華歆王朗傳 Volume 13: Book of Wei 13 - Biographies of Zhong Yao, Hua Xin, and Wang Lang Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 1
- 卷一百一十 列傳第三十五 諸夷蕃將 Volume 110 Biographies 35: Zhu Yi Fan Jiang New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 1
Collocations
- 闻天子无戏言 (聞天子無戲言) 臣聞天子無戲言 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一百二十七 載記第二十七 慕容德 Volume 12 Records 27: Murong De — count: 2