言
words / speech / to say / to talk
言
=
亠
+
二
+
口
:
Maud Younger rushes into anthill and in the kitchen she uses a megaphone to loudly announce that the world revolution will soon start. She also tells the people that she has berets for everyone so that everyone will be able to be in style for the revolution. However she doesn't tell that she prepared the berets in another way: to each beret, she attached a mandarin via two capacitors which forms a formidable antenna, so that after the revolution, she'll be able to transmit her speeches directly to the wearers' brains.
言 character breakdown
two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid
Characters with 言 as component
to recognize / to know / to admit
认
=
人
+
讠
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Robinson Crusoe is lost in the encampment's bathroom. He doesn't know anyone, and he doesn't recognize the environment! At first, he turns to an advertising column, but it doesn't tell him anything useful. But fortunately, Neanderthal Man comes in, instantly recognizes Robinson Crusoe, and tells him where he is.
dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
话
=
舌
+
讠
:
Helga Horse can't talk at all right now, because her tongue is stuck on an advertisement column in the ashram's bathroom. In an ad on the advertising column, two people were discussing a depicted beautiful carrot; Helga thought it looked so tasty she had to lick it, and now her tongue is stuck.
to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge
to allow / to permit / to promise / to praise / somewhat / perhaps
to invite / to provoke / to demand or ask for / to send armed forces to suppress / to denounce or condemn / to marry (a woman) / to discuss or study
word / statement / speech / lyrics / CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4] / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝|宋朝[Song4 chao2] / CL:首[shou3]
to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody
to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite
to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine
to speak / to say / to explain / to scold / to tell off / a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心說|日心说 heliocentric theory)
to record / to note / to memorize / to remember / mark / sign / classifier for blows, kicks, shots
记
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己
+
讠
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In the space station's bathroom, Joan of Arc sees an advertisement on an advertising column. There are some butcher's hooks advertised which she thinks will be useful on her quest against the king of England, so she takes a voice memo to remind herself to obtain some of the butcher's hooks.
should / ought to / probably / must be / to deserve / to owe / to be sb's turn to do sth / that / the above-mentioned
opinion / view / theory / doctrine / to discuss / to talk about / to regard / to consider / per / by the (kilometer, hour etc)
Words with 言
(sign hung in a shop) prices fixed – no bargaining (old) / having things decided by the will of a single individual / autocratic rule / (contrasted with 群言堂[qun2 yan2 tang2])
one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short / in a nutshell
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice / words of enormous weight