言传 (言傳) yánchuán
yánchuán
verb
to convey in words
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '言傳')
Contained in
- 只可意会，不可言传(只可意會，不可言傳) can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
- 可以意会，不可言传(可以意會，不可言傳) can be understood, but not described; mysterious and subtle
- 言传身教(言傳身教) to teach by words and example
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷十九 志第十一 五行 Volume 19 Treatises 11: Five Elements Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 3
- 《天道》 The Way of Heaven Zhuangzi 莊子 — count: 2
- 卷五十三 Scroll 53 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 卷三十三 朱馮虞鄭周列傳 Volume 33: Biographies of Zhu, Feng, Yu, Zheng, Zhou Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1
- 卷三七 補列傳第二九 魏收 Volume 37 Biographies 29: Wei Shou Book of Northern Qi 北齊書 — count: 1
- 卷三十九 劉趙淳于江劉周趙列傳 Volume 39: Biographies of Liu, Zhao, Chunyu, Jiang, Liu, Zhou, Zhao Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1
- 秋官司寇 第五 5. Office of Autumn and Minister of Justice Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 26 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 《盡心章句下》 Commentary on Jin Xin II Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 1
- 卷35 志第30 經籍四 Volume 35 Treatises 30: Bibliography 4 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 1
Collocations
- 言传位 (言傳位) 每言傳位常山 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷三七 補列傳第二九 魏收 Volume 37 Biographies 29: Wei Shou — count: 2
- 不可以言传 (不可以言傳) 而聲不可以言傳 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷二十一 志第十一 禮樂十一 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Rites and Music 11 — count: 2
- 言传其所 (言傳其所) 言傳其所順以天下之謀 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷五十三 Scroll 53 — count: 2