畅所欲言 — Chinese idiom
畅所欲言
chàng suǒ yù yán
Traditional: 暢所欲言
Meaning
- lit. fluently saying all one wants ; to preach freely on one's favorite topic
- to hold forth to one's heart's content
Character by character
- 畅chàngfreely, smoothly; unrestrained
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particle introduc
- 欲yùdesire, want, longing, intent
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
Idioms sharing a character
- 酣畅淋漓 hān chàng lín lí
- 一无所有 yī wú suǒ yǒu
- 一无所知 yī wú suǒ zhī
- 不知所以 bù zhī suǒ yǐ
- 不知所措 bù zhī suǒ cuò
- 不知所终 bù zhī suǒ zhōng
- 前所未有 qián suǒ wèi yǒu
- 前所未闻 qián suǒ wèi wén
- 力所能及 lì suǒ néng jí
- 各取所需 gè qǔ suǒ xū
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