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yán ㄧㄢˊ (1.1): 説話，說。 Speak, say.
| 《·》: | 子墨子言見染絲者而歎曰：「染於蒼則蒼，染於黃則黃。」 | | Watching a dyer of silk at work, Mozi sighed, saying: What is dyed in blue becomes blue, what is dyed in yellow becomes yellow. | | 《·》: | 食不語，寢不言。 | | When eating, he did not converse. When in bed, he did not speak. | | 《·》: | 王笑而不言。 | | The king laughed and did not speak. | | 《·》: | 生而神靈，弱而能言，幼而徇齊，長而敦敏，成而聰明。 | | Born a genius he could speak when a baby, as a boy he was quick and smart, as a youth simple and earnest, and when grown up intelligent. | | 《·》: | 臣聞不知而言不智，知而不言不忠，為人臣不忠當死，言而不當亦當死。 | | 《·》: | 生而神靈，弱而能言，幼而慧齊，長而敦敏，成而聰明。 |
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yán ㄧㄢˊ (1.2): 談論，議論。 Discuss, debate.
| 《·》: | 拘禮之人，不足與言事。 | | With a man who is enslaved by rites, it is not worth while to speak about matters. |
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yán ㄧㄢˊ (2): 告訴。 Tell.
| 《》: | 將軍壯義之，恐亡夫，乃言太尉，太尉乃固止之。 |
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yán ㄧㄢˊ (3): 言論，學説。 Doctrine, theory, words.
| 《·》: | 信，言合於意也。 | | Xin (good faith/trustworthiness) is the words agreeing with the thought. | | 《·》: | 子曰：「巧言令色，鮮矣仁！」 | | The Master said, "Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue." | | 《·》: | 公孫龍曰：「先生之言悖。」 | | 《》: | 人信其言，從之以行，人信其行，從之以復。 | | 《》: | 宛信其言，因而為之。 | | 《·》: | 凡諸侯之臣有諫其君而善者，以璽問之，以信其言。 |
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yán ㄧㄢˊ (4.1): 一個字為一言。 One word.
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yán ㄧㄢˊ (4.2): 一句話為一言。 Sentence.
| 《·》: | 子曰：「詩三百，一言以蔽之，曰『思無邪』」 | | The Master said, "In the Book of Poetry are three hundred pieces, but the design of them all may be embraced in one sentence - 'Having no depraved thoughts.'" | | 《·》: | 信斯言也，宜莫如舜。 | | If the rule be indeed as here expressed, no man ought to have illustrated it so well as Shun. | | 《·》: | 公子行數里，心不快，曰：「吾所以待侯生者備矣，天下莫不聞，今吾且死而侯生曾無一言半辭送我，我豈有所失哉？」 | | 《》: | 贊曰：《》云「戎狄是膺，荊舒是懲」，信哉是言也！ |
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yán ㄧㄢˊ (5): 助詞，無實義。 Particle, no meaning.
| 《·》: | 采采芣苢、薄言采之。 | | We gather and gather the plantains; Now we may gather them. | | 《·》: | 《》曰：「」 |
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