言为心声 — Chinese idiom
言为心声
yán wéi xīn shēng
Traditional: 言為心聲
Meaning
- one's words reflect one's thinking
Character by character
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 为wéito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
- 声shēngsound, noise; voice, tone, music
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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