言不由衷 yánbùyóuzhōng to speak insincerely Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 言不由衷 yánbùyóuzhōng to speak insincerely adjective to say something without meaning it; to speak tongue-in-cheek or say one thing while meaning another 别说言不由衷的话。 bié shuō yánbùyóuzhōng de huà. Don't say things you don't mean. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.480 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.453 per million Cross-References Antonym 肺腑之言 fèifǔzhīyán言为心声 yánwéixīnshēng情词恳切 qíngcíkěnqiè语重心长 yǔzhòngxīnchángSynonym 心口不一 xīnkǒubùyī有口无心 yǒukǒuwúxīnVariant of 言不由中 yánbùyóuzhōng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
言不由衷 yánbùyóuzhōng to speak insincerely adjective to say something without meaning it; to speak tongue-in-cheek or say one thing while meaning another 别说言不由衷的话。 bié shuō yánbùyóuzhōng de huà. Don't say things you don't mean. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.480 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.453 per million Cross-References Antonym 肺腑之言 fèifǔzhīyán言为心声 yánwéixīnshēng情词恳切 qíngcíkěnqiè语重心长 yǔzhòngxīnchángSynonym 心口不一 xīnkǒubùyī有口无心 yǒukǒuwúxīnVariant of 言不由中 yánbùyóuzhōng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)