言不盡意

See also: 言不尽意

Chinese

		to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	not; no	to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of something)	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
trad. (言不盡意)		言	不	盡	意
simp. (言不尽意)		言	不	尽	意

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yán bù jìn yì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yán bù jìn yì [Phonetic: yán bú jìn yì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yán bù jìn yì
    • Wade–Giles: yen² pu⁴ chin⁴ i⁴
    • Yale: yán bù jìn yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan bu jinn yih
    • Palladius: янь бу цзинь и (janʹ bu czinʹ i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/

Idiom

言不盡意

1. what one says does not sufficiently express what one means