言谈林薮 — Chinese idiom
言谈林薮
yán tán lín sǒu
Traditional: 言談林藪
Meaning
- articulate in speech
- eloquent
Character by character
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 谈tánto talk, to chat; conversation; surname
- 林línforest, grove; surname
- 薮sǒuswamp, marsh; wild country
Idioms sharing a character
- 一言一动 yī yán yī dòng
- 一言一行 yī yán yī xíng
- 一言不合 yī yán bù hé
- 一言不发 yī yán bù fā
- 一言九鼎 yī yán jiǔ dǐng
- 一言千金 yī yán qiān jīn
- 一言为定 yī yán wéi dìng
- 一言为重 yī yán wéi zhòng
- 一言难尽 yī yán nán jìn
- 三言两句 sān yán liǎng jù
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