无言可对
wú​yán​kě​duì

be at a loss for words

  • created sense approved 无言可对/無言可對 · wú​yán​kě​duì · be at a loss for words — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无言可对 / 無言可對

    wú​yán​kě​duì

    be at a loss for words

    to be unable to reply; to have nothing to say in response

    无言 (literal) → 无言/無言 · wú​yán · speechless; silent 可 (literal) → 可 · kě · can 对 (literal) → 对/對 · duì · to answer

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

    created sense