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
- 一言为定(一言為定) it is a deal; it is settled then
- 一言为重(一言為重) each word carries weight; a promise must be kept
- 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
- 一言以蔽之 all embraced in one saying
- 一言半句 very few words
- 一言一行 every word and action
- 一言一动(一言一動) (one's) every word and deed
- 一言九鼎 words of enormous weight
- 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
- 一言蔽之 all embraced in one saying
- 君子一言，驷马难追(君子一言，駟馬難追) a nobleman's word is his bond
- 一言抄百总(一言抄百總) to cut a long story short
- 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
- 卷二十八 Scroll 28 Wenxuan 文選 — 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
- 13. 《子路》 Zi Lu The Analects of Confucius 論語 — count: 4
- 第二回 Chapter 46 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
- 卷七十五 列傳第二十五: 蘇世長 韋雲起 孫伏伽 張玄素 Volume 75 Biographies 25: Su Shizhang, Wei Yunqi, Sun Fujia, Zhang Xuansu Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 3
- 卷二百八十五 列傳第四十四 陳執中 劉沆 馮拯 賈昌朝 梁適 Volume 285 Biographies 44: Chen Zhizhong, Liu Hang, Feng Zheng, Jia Changchao, Liang Shi History of Song 宋史 — count: 3
- 卷第一 序致 教子 兄弟 後娶 治家 Scroll 1: Preface, Educating Children, Brothers, Husband and Wife, Managing the Household The Family Instructions of Master Yan 顏氏家訓 — count: 3
- 卷一百一十四 載記第十四 苻堅下 Volume 114 Records 14: Fu Jian Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — 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
- 一言过 (一言過) 以一言過 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《韓長孺列傳》 Biography of Han Changru — count: 2
- 交一言 (交一言) 客主不交一言 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷八十一 列傳第五十一 王遜 蔡豹 羊鑒 劉胤 桓宣 朱伺 毛寶 劉遐 鄧嶽 朱序 Volume 81 Biographies 51: Wang Xun; Cai Bao; Yang Jian; Liu Yin; Huan Xuan; Zhu Si; Mao Bao; Liu Xia; Deng Yue; Zhu Xu — count: 2
- 开一言 (開一言) 終日不開一言 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷四十九 列傳第十九 阮籍 嵇康 向秀 劉伶 謝鯤 胡毋輔之 畢卓 王尼 羊曼 光逸 Volume 49 Biographies 19: Ruan Ji; Ji Kang; Xiang Xiu; Liu Ling; Xie Kun; Huwu Fuzhi; Bi Zhuo; Wang Ni; Yang Man; Guang Yi — count: 2