old variant of 辭|辞[ci2]

excuse; pretext; entreaties; arguments

words; expression; what one says

wording; way of expressing something; turn of phrase; diction

to express in words or writing; to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc); to address (an audience); same as 致詞|致词

stern words

beautiful wordage; also written 麗詞|丽词[li4 ci2]

rhetoric

one-sided words; prejudice; flattery

variant of 冗詞|冗词[rong3 ci2]

oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones

to interpret the divinatory trigrams

dirge; lament

tactful expression; to politely decline

to interpret the divinatory trigrams

to decline with sincere thanks

variant of 悼詞|悼词[dao4 ci2]

variant of 託詞|托词[tuo1 ci2]

an elegy; elegiac words

to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)

term of respect; polite expression

language; use of words; phraseology; articles; essays; writing

Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚[Chu3], collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝|汉朝[Han4 chao2]

to quit one's job (without having another one)

lectures

to tender one's resignation

flattering words

humble words; self-deprecatory expression; to modestly decline

praise

an excuse

variant of 頌詞|颂词[song4 ci2]

refutation; incoherent speech

variant of 發語詞|发语词[fa1 yu3 ci2]

articulate; eloquent

adjective

short speech given in proposing a toast

ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready to risk life and limb to help out

to die; to depart from the world forever

not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom); incumbent; bounden (duty)

not to refuse to (idiom); not to hesitate to

variant of 振振有詞|振振有词[zhen4 zhen4 you3 ci2]

equivocal speech; to use vague or ambiguous language

If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb; Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.