称臣纳贡旧时指小国向大国臣服而年年进贡。[查看详情]

乱臣贼子古指不忠不孝心怀异志的人。后指破坏社会秩序的人。例孔子成《春秋》而乱臣贼子惧。——《孟子滕文公下》英ministers or generals who rebel against their monarch or collaborate with the enemy; rebels and traitors;[查看详情]

臣心如水谓为臣者廉洁奉公心清如水。用为清静自如之喻。[查看详情]

臣门如市语出《汉书郑崇传》。喻车马盈门谒见奔走者甚多。[查看详情]

要言不烦要：简要。烦：烦琐。指说话简明扼要。英give the essentials in simple language; important statement need not be prolix;[查看详情]

微言大义含蓄微妙的言语精深切要的义理。英sublime words with deep meaning;[查看详情]

疾言厉色言语急迫形色严厉发愁。英harsh words and stern looks; sudden outpourings and fierce looks;[查看详情]

意在言外意思不是用直截了当的陈述而是以暗指或以容易自然地推论出来的方式来传达的即言词的真正用意是暗含着的没有明白说出。英much more is meant than meets the eye; implied meaning;[查看详情]

握手言欢握手谈笑多指交恶后重新和好。又作“握手言和”英hold hands and converse cheerfully;[查看详情]

忠言逆耳忠实的劝告听起来不好受。英good advice jars on the ear;[查看详情]

一言九鼎九鼎：古代国家的宝器象征九州。形容说的话分量大起决定作用。英solemn promise;[查看详情]

人言可畏言：言语。通常指流言蜚语。流言蜚语会伤害人因此是可怕的。例大年顷以轻去上左右人言可畏，赖上始终保全之。——清毕沅《续资治通鉴宋真宗天禧四年》英gossip is a fearful thing;[查看详情]

闲言碎语与正题没有关系的话语；蓄意讥讽或恶意中伤的议论或话语。英groundless talk; nonsense;[查看详情]

污言秽语指肮脏下流的或不文明的话语。例“语言美”的宣传日益深入人心以讲文明礼貌语言为荣、以说污言秽语为耻的社会风气开始形成。英filthy speech;[查看详情]

妖言惑众妖言：荒诞不经之言。用骗人的鬼话迷惑众人。英win a following with strange doctrines; mislead the people with heresy;[查看详情]

流言蜚语原指没有根据的话现在多指在别人背后散布的诬蔑、中伤的说法。例村里传开了流言蜚语说什么夏家的寡妇不正派伤风败俗。英lies and slanders; slanderous tales;[查看详情]

少言寡语谓平时说话不多。[查看详情]

有言在先指事先把利害关系讲明以提醒注意。英make it clearly understood beforehand;[查看详情]

广开言路言路：进言的道路。开放言论博采众议。指尽量给人们创造发表意见的机会。例我们今天确实需要扩大眼界广开言路，更好地借鉴外国一切先进的东西。英encourage the free airing of views;[查看详情]

察言观色观察言语脸色来揣摩其心意。英check what one says against what he does; observe the words and gestures of sb.; watch a person’s every mood;[查看详情]