言不盡意
yán​bù​jìn​yì

words cannot fully express one's meaning

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

    言不尽意 / 言不盡意 yán​bù​jìn​yì

    书不尽言 / 書不盡言 shū​bù​jìn​yán

    synonym

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  • created reference approved 言不尽意/言不盡意 → 书短情长/書短情長 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    言不尽意 / 言不盡意 yán​bù​jìn​yì

    书短情长 / 書短情長 shū​duǎn​qíng​cháng

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  • created sense approved 言不尽意/言不盡意 · yán​bù​jìn​yì · words cannot fully express one's meaning — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    言不尽意 / 言不盡意

    yán​bù​jìn​yì

    words cannot fully express one's meaning

    Idiom meaning that language is insufficient to convey the full depth of one's thoughts or feelings; often used as a conventional closing in letters

    言 (literal) → 言 · yán · speech 不尽 (literal) → 不尽/不盡 · bù​jìn · not completely 意 (literal) → 意 · yì · meaning

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

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