有感而发
yǒu​gǎn'ér​fā

to speak from the heart

  • created sense approved 有感而发/有感而發 · yǒu​gǎn'ér​fā · to speak from the heart — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    有感而发 / 有感而發

    yǒu​gǎn'ér​fā

    to speak from the heart

    to express one's thoughts or feelings after being moved or inspired; to make a comment out of personal feelings

    有感 (literal) → 有感 · yǒu​gǎn · to have feelings 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 发 (literal) → 发/發 · fā · to show

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

    created sense