to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message

lie

language; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3]

to predict; prophecy

to pledge; to promise; oath; vow

rumor

to make a speech; statement; utterance; CL:個|个[ge4]

words; speech; to say; to talk

rumor; hearsay

rumor; gossip; to spread rumors

promise

it may be said

words of the deceased; last words of the dying; wisdom of past sages

declaration; manifesto

a bunch of nonsense

the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[Yang2 Xiong2] in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters

topolect; dialect

to break one's promise

saying; famous remark

complaint

one sentence; brief remark

testimony

to assert; assertion

to be a spokesperson; to be an ambassador (for a brand); to endorse

maxim

too wonderful for words

fable; allegory; parable; CL:則|则[ze2]

Declaration of Independence

to put in a good word (for sb); (literary) beautiful words; elegant expression

to speak forthrightly; to talk bluntly

lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic; to hold forth to one's heart's content

to remain silent; to have nothing to say

admonition; exhortation; dictum; the biblical Book of Proverbs

habitually silent (idiom); reticent; uncommunicative

to suffer unspeakable misery; indescribably painful; hellish

true statement; incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼)

slip of the tongue; indiscretion; to blurt out a secret

wordy; talkative

to claim falsely (literary)

introductory remarks

to propose; to put forward (an idea); to initiate

intimate conversation

pleonasm (linguistics)

to speak; words

preface; foreword; introduction; preamble; earlier remarks; earlier words; (literary) words of the ancient thinkers

variant of 序言[xu4 yan2]

good words

to say candidly; to acknowledge frankly

to state; to declare; pronouncement; declaration