书不尽言
shū​bù​jìn​yán

more could be written

  • created reference approved 书不尽言/書不盡言 → 言不尽意/言不盡意 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    书不尽言 / 書不盡言 shū​bù​jìn​yán

    言不尽意 / 言不盡意 yán​bù​jìn​yì

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 书不尽言/書不盡言 · shū​bù​jìn​yán · more could be written — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    书不尽言 / 書不盡言

    shū​bù​jìn​yán

    more could be written

    (idiom) words cannot fully express one's thoughts; often used at the end of a letter to mean "I have much more to say than I can write here"

    shū​bú​jìn​yán

    书 (literal) → 书/書 · shū · to write 不尽 (literal) → 不尽/不盡 · bù​jìn · not completely 言 (literal) → 言 · yán · speech

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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