describe in words; put into words
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to describe in words; to depict verbally; to put into words
Primarily used in negative constructions such as 难以言状 (hard to describe) or 不可言状 (indescribable).
Dāng当
shí时
de的
gǎn感
shòu受
nán难
yǐ以
yán言
zhuàng状
。
The feeling at that time was hard to describe in words.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
tòng痛
kǔ苦
bù不
kě可
yán言
zhuàng状
。
This kind of pain is simply indescribable.
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Tā他
jī激
dòng动
de得
nán难
yǐ以
yán言
zhuàng状
。
He was so excited that it was beyond words.