言行 | [yán xíng, ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ, 言 行] words and actions; what one says and what one does #12,890 [Add to Longdo] |
听闻 | [tīng wén, ㄊㄧㄥ ㄨㄣˊ, 听 闻 / 聽 聞] to listen; to hear what sb says; news one has heard #22,985 [Add to Longdo] |
言谈 | [yán tán, ㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄢˊ, 言 谈 / 言 談] discourse; words; utterance; what one says; manner of speech #29,133 [Add to Longdo] |
人云亦云 | [rén yún yì yún, ㄖㄣˊ ㄩㄣˊ ㄧˋ ㄩㄣˊ, 人 云 亦 云] to say what everyone says (成语 saw); a yes-man #44,463 [Add to Longdo] |
说一不二 | [shuō yī bù èr, ㄕㄨㄛ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄦˋ, 说 一 不 二 / 說 一 不 二] to keep a promise; to mean what one says #61,473 [Add to Longdo] |
杂说 | [zá shuō, ㄗㄚˊ ㄕㄨㄛ, 杂 说 / 雜 說] scattered essays; various opinions; different manners of speaking #109,457 [Add to Longdo] |
鹦鹉学舌 | [yīng wǔ xué shé, ㄧㄥ ㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄜˊ, 鹦 鹉 学 舌 / 鸚 鵡 學 舌] to parrot; to repeat uncritically what sb says #110,445 [Add to Longdo] |
册府元龟 | [Cè fǔ yuán guī, ㄘㄜˋ ㄈㄨˇ ㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄟ, 册 府 元 龟 / 冊 府 元 龜] Prime tortoise of the record bureau, Song dynasty historical encyclopedia of political essays, autobiography, memorials and decrees, compiled 1005-1013 under Wang Qinruo 王欽若|王钦若 and Yang Yi 楊億|杨亿, 1000 scrolls #133,063 [Add to Longdo] |
俗话说 | [sú huà shuō, ㄙㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄛ, 俗 话 说 / 俗 話 說] as the proverb says; as they say... [Add to Longdo] |
听其言观其行 | [tīng qí yán guān qí xíng, ㄊㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ, 听 其 言 观 其 行 / 聽 其 言 觀 其 行] to listen to what he says and watch what he does; to note the words, but watch for the action; to judge sb by his actions [Add to Longdo] |
听得懂 | [tīng de dǒng, ㄊㄧㄥ ㄉㄜ˙ ㄉㄨㄥˇ, 听 得 懂 / 聽 得 懂] to understand (by hearing); to catch (what sb says) [Add to Longdo] |
说话算数 | [shuō huà suàn shù, ㄕㄨㄛ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ, 说 话 算 数 / 說 話 算 數] to keep one's promise; to mean what one says [Add to Longdo] |
曰く | [いわく, iwaku] (n) (1) pretext; history; past; story; (n-adv) (2) according to ...; ... says #5,074 [Add to Longdo] |
随筆(P);隨筆(oK) | [ずいひつ, zuihitsu] (n) essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings; (P) #9,456 [Add to Longdo] |
それ来た | [それきた, sorekita] (exp) there it is; there it comes; got it; expression one says when what is expected comes [Add to Longdo] |
開口一番 | [かいこういちばん, kaikouichiban] (n-adv) at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth [Add to Longdo] |
記念論文集 | [きねんろんぶんしゅう, kinenronbunshuu] (n) collection of essays contributed in celebration of something; festschrift [Add to Longdo] |
仰るとおり;仰る通り | [おっしゃるとおり, ossharutoori] (exp) (hon) (See 言う通り) I agree with you; it is as (someone) says [Add to Longdo] |
言うことを聞く;言う事を聞く | [いうことをきく, iukotowokiku] (exp, v5k) (See 言うことを聞かない) to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says [Add to Longdo] |
言う通り;言うとおり | [いうとおり, iutoori] (exp) (often as 〜が言う通りに〜 or 〜の言うの通りに〜) as (somebody) says [Add to Longdo] |
混ぜっ返す;雑ぜっ返す | [まぜっかえす, mazekkaesu] (v5s, vt) (1) (See 混ぜ返す・1) to stir; to mix; (2) (See 混ぜ返す・2) to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up; to jeer at; to interfere (when one talks) [Add to Longdo] |
混ぜ返す;雑ぜ返す | [まぜかえす, mazekaesu] (v5s, vt) (1) (See 掻き混ぜる) to stir; to mix; (2) to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up; to jeer at; to interfere (when one talks) [Add to Longdo] |
志集 | [ししゅう, shishuu] (n) booklet of essays; magazine [Add to Longdo] |
深読み | [ふかよみ, fukayomi] (n, vs) reading too much into (what ... says) [Add to Longdo] |
随想録 | [ずいそうろく, zuisouroku] (n) essays; collection of miscellaneous thoughts [Add to Longdo] |
随筆集;隨筆集 | [ずいひつしゅう, zuihitsushuu] (n) collection of essays (miscellaneous writings, literary jottings, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
電波な奴 | [でんぱなやつ, denpanayatsu] (n) (sl) person who says nonsensical ramblings; lunatic [Add to Longdo] |
能ある鷹は爪を隠す;能有る鷹は爪を隠す;脳ある鷹は爪を隠す(iK) | [のうあるたかはつめをかくす, nouarutakahatsumewokakusu] (exp) (id) a wise man keeps some of his talents in reserve; one shouldn't show off; the person who knows most often says least; a skilled hawk hides its talons [Add to Longdo] |
百聞は一見にしかず;百聞は一見に如かず | [ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず, hyakubunhaikkennishikazu] (exp) seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words [Add to Longdo] |
漫文 | [まんぶん, manbun] (n) random jottings; rambling essays [Add to Longdo] |
論文集 | [ろんぶんしゅう, ronbunshuu] (n) collected papers; collected works; collection of articles and essays [Add to Longdo] |