一言 yīyán
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yīyán
phrase
one sentence
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '一言'; Guoyu '一言' 2) -
yīyán
phrase
a brief remark
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '一言'; Guoyu '一言' 3) -
yīyán
phrase
one character
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '一言' 1)
Contained in
- 君子一言，驷马难追(君子一言，駟馬難追) a nobleman's word is his bond
- 一言难尽(一言難盡) hard to explain in a few words; complicated and not easy to express succinctly
- 一言千金 one word worth a thousand in gold; valuable advice; words of enormous weight
- 一言一行 every word and action
- 一言半句 very few words
- 一言为重(一言為重) each word carries weight; a promise must be kept
- 一言为定(一言為定) it is a deal; it is settled then
- 一言既出，驷马难追(一言既出，駟馬難追) once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it; a promise must be kept
- 一言以蔽之 all embraced in one saying
- 一言一动(一言一動) (one's) every word and deed
- 一言抄百总(一言抄百總) to cut a long story short
- 一言九鼎 words of enormous weight
- 一言蔽之 all embraced in one saying
- 一言不发(一言不發) to not say a word
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷十六 談叢 Chapter 16: Abundant Discussion Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 5
- 《子路第十三》 Commentary on Zi Lu XIII Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 5
- 13. 《子路》 Zi Lu The Analects of Confucius 論語 — count: 4
- 卷77 宋翻 辛雄 羊深 楊機 高崇 Volume 77: Song Fan, Xin Xiong, Yang Shen, Yang Ji, Gao Chong Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 4
- 卷二十八 Scroll 28 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 卷六 越絕外傳紀策考第七 Scroll 6 Yue Jue Shu 越絕書 — count: 3
- 第四十三回 Chapter 43 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 3
- 卷三百三十七 列傳第九十六 范鎮從子:百祿 從孫:祖禹 Volume 337 Biographies 96: Fan Zhen and newpher: Bailu, relative: Zuyu History of Song 宋史 — count: 3
- 卷二百三十六 列傳第一百二十四 李植 江東之 湯兆京 金士衡 王元翰 孫振基 丁元薦 李朴 夏嘉遇 Volume 236 Biographies 124: Li Zhi, Jiang Dongzhi, Tang Zhaojing, Jin Shiheng, Wang Yuanhan, Sun Zhenji, Ding Yuanjian, Li Pu, Xia Jiayu History of Ming 明史 — count: 3
- 第二回 Chapter 46 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
Collocations
- 一言可以 (一言可以) 今有一言可以解燕國之患 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《刺客列傳》 Biographies of Assassins — count: 5
- 愿一言 (願一言) 願一言而死 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《季布欒布列傳》 Biographies of Ji Bu and Luan Bu — count: 4
- 吐一言 (吐一言) 燕太子吐一言 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷六十二 列傳第二十二 羊欣 張敷 王微 Volume 62 Biographies 22: Yang Xin, Zhang Fu, Wang Wei — count: 4
- 进一言 (進一言) 時特進一言 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十二 樊宏陰識列傳 Volume 32: Biographies of Fan Hong; Yin Shi — count: 4
- 夫一言 (夫一言) 夫一言而壽國 — Guanzi 管子, 霸言第二十三 Chapter 23: The Sovereign's Words — count: 3
- 闻一言 (聞一言) 聞一言以貫萬物 — Guanzi 管子, 戒第二十六 Chapter 26: Jie Di — count: 3
- 关一言 (關一言) 不關一言 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷19上 景穆十二王上 Volume 19a: Emperor Jingmu Twelve Princes 1 — count: 3
- 一言耳 (一言耳) 男子之所死者一言耳 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《淮南衡山列傳》 Biographies of Huainan and Hengshan — count: 2
- 晏子一言 (晏子一言) 晏子一言而齊侯省刑 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2
- 一言定 (一言定) 一言定而天下聽 — Guanzi 管子, 內業第四十九 Chapter 49: Inner Training — count: 2