yìyán

异言

Word · NounTraditional異言

objection; dissenting words

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

words of objection; dissenting remarks; disagreement

formal

More formal or literary than 异议. Often used in negative constructions such as 并无异言 (there are no objections).

Bìng并
wú无
yì异
yán言
 。

There are no objections.

Tā他
duì对
zhè这
ge个
tí提
àn案
méi没
yǒu有
rèn任
hé何
yì异
yán言
 。

He raised no objections whatsoever to this proposal.

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Jǐn尽
guǎn管
xīn心
zhōng中
yǒu有
xiē些
yì异
yán言
 ,
dàn但
tā他
hái还
shì是
xuǎn选
zé择
le了
chén沉
mò默
 。

Although he had some dissenting thoughts in his heart, he still chose to remain silent.