zhì cí
to express in words or writing
to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc)
to address (an audience)
same as 致詞|致词
cí shì
to die
to depart this life (euphemism)
same as 去世
cí tuì
to dismiss
to discharge
to fire
cuò cí
wording
way of expressing something
turn of phrase
diction
cí lìng
polite speech
diplomatic terms
rhetoric
yán cí
words
expression
what one says
cí
to resign
to dismiss
to decline
to take leave
ballad (archaic poetic genre)
variant of 詞|词[ci2]
gào cí
to say goodbye
to take one's leave
cí diǎn
dictionary (of Chinese compound words)
also written 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3]
CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
tuī cí
to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)
cí hǎi
Ci Hai, an encyclopedic dictionary first published in 1915, most recent edition 1999
cí shū
word book
dictionary
encyclopedia
qǐng cí
to ask sb to resign from a post
yǐn jiù cí zhí
to admit responsibility and resign
Chǔ cí
Chu Ci, the Songs of Chu (ancient book of poems, collected during Han but esp. from country of Chu c. 500 BC)
cí diào
to resign a post
to sack and get rid of
cí guān
to resign a government post
bù cí ér bié
to leave without saying good-bye
bù cí xīn kǔ
to make nothing of hardships
yǔ shì cháng cí
to die
to depart from the world forever
cí xíng
to say goodbye
leave-taking
farewells
jìng cí
term of respect
honorific title
honorific (in grammar)
hán hú qí cí
to equivocate
to talk evasively (idiom)
zài suǒ bù cí
not to refuse to (idiom)
not to hesitate to
bǔ cí
oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones
yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí
If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
zhèn zhèn yǒu cí
to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions
also written 振振有詞|振振有词
guà cí
to interpret the divinatory trigrams
cí shū xué
lexicography
making dictionaries
wàn sǐ bù cí
ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready to risk life and limb to help out
qiān cí
humble words
self-deprecatory expression
to modestly decline
dào cí
variant of 悼詞|悼词[dao4 ci2]
wǎn cí
tactful expression
to politely decline
lì cí
beautiful wordage
also written 麗詞|丽词[li4 ci2]
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