只言片语 — Chinese idiom
只言片语
zhī yán piàn yǔ
Traditional: 隻言片語
Meaning
- just a word or two; a few isolated phrases
Character by character
- 只zhīonly, merely, just
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 片piànslice, splinter; page, strip
- 语yǔwords, language; saying, expression
Idioms sharing a character
- 只欠东风 zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
- 只争朝夕 zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī
- 孤身只影 gū shēn zhī yǐng
- 形单影只 xíng dān yǐng zhī
- 斗酒只鸡 dǒu jiǔ zhī jī
- 独具只眼 dú jù zhī yǎn
- 只字不提 zhī zì bù tí
- 只鸡斗酒 zhī jī dǒu jiǔ
- 一言一动 yī yán yī dòng
- 一言一行 yī yán yī xíng
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