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Examples:hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions—cold words and sarcastic comments (idiom); mock and ridicule—character with meanings influenced by other words—bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording—substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law—listening the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books—particle signaling a pause, emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?")—words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced—brilliant master (flattering words applied ruler)—parrot other people's words (idiom); to chime in with others—word family (cognate words within a given language)—(modified from Confucian Analects) with the right title (or reputation), the words carry weight—document guaranteeing the words or actions of a third party (old)—coincident code (i.e. two characters or words having the same encoding)—lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); interpret word-by-word without understanding the meaning—lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom); fig. hypocritical and murderous—old: reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word—ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words—sweet words and honeyed phrases (idiom); elegant but insincere words—Explaining in words is not as good as teaching by example (idiom). Action speaks louder than words.—sweet speech and honeyed words (idiom); hypocritical flattery—hard explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly—words or actions designed avoid embarrassment or ridicule—one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight—sweet words, beautiful phrases (idiom); hypocritical flattery—thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things say—between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning—observe sb's words and gestures (idiom, from Analects); to examine words and moods for a clue as to sb's thoughts—graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words—substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior—show appreciation (by kind words, small gifts etc)—frightening words scare people (idiom); alarmist talk—an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases—agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words—(used in constructing words for feelings such as anger, surprise, sympathy etc)—speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) [idiom.]—one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice—word for Western natural sciences during late Qing—inversion (rhetoric device of inverting the word order for heightened effect)—(in the Romanization of Chinese) write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)—word (general term including monosyllables through short phrases)—word having grammatical function but no meaning—measure word indicating a small amount or small number (greater than 1)—characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown)—karoshi (loan word from Japanese), death from overwork—important matter that must be kept secret (idiom); don't breathe a word of it anyone!—one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); cut a long story short—say one and mean just that (idiom); to keep one's word—technical word used in psychology meaning the whole is more than the sum of its parts—every word a gem (idiom); magnificent writing—signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)—Geju (Tibetan: transmit word of Buddha) sect of Tibetan Buddhist—a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts)—Chinese word made up of three or more characters—one word and it's settled (idiom); It's a deal!—Hanyu Da Cidian, the most comprehensive Chinese dictionary with over 375,000 word entries, first published between 1986-1994—extend (the meaning of a word, an analogy etc)—speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word—the logical content of a word or technical notion—colloquial word for hoopoe bird (Upupa epops)—word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs—lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing—guide sb. back to the right path by repeated word and example— |