字眼
zì​yǎn HSK7

wording

字眼 zì​yǎn
wording noun
the choice of words used in speech or writing; diction; wording

家庭不只是个字眼。

jiā​tíng bù zhǐ​shì ge zì​yǎn.

Family is more than just a word.

他几乎找不到字眼。

tā jī​hū zhǎo bu dào zì​yǎn.

He could hardly find the words.

fault
minor mistakes or flaws in someone's speech or behavior
pivotal word
the most essential or carefully chosen word in a line of poetry or a piece of literature

Frequency
Movie subtitles
3.58 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
4.51 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

Erhua variant of

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)