欲言又止
欲言又止
yù yán yòu zhǐ
to want to say sth but then hesitate
verb
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- (verb) to want to say sth but then hesitate
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Related Words
欲加之罪，何患无辞(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
→一口吃个胖子(yī kǒu chī ge pàng zi)— lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)
→一手交钱，一手交货(yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò)— lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
→不以词害志(bù yǐ cí hài zhì)— don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
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