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而言

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ér yán

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Definitions

  1. 1. (typically preceded by 就…[jiù xx5] or 對…|对…[duì xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...

Words Containing 而言

王顾左右而言他
wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā

the king looked left and right and then talked of other things

换而言之
huàn ér yán zhī

in other words

相对而言
xiāng duì ér yán

relatively speaking

简而言之
jiǎn ér yán zhī

in a nutshell

一般而言
yī bān ér yán

generally speaking

全球而言
quán qiú ér yán

globally; worldwide

比较而言
bǐ jiào ér yán

comparatively speaking

概而言之
gài ér yán zhī

same as 總而言之|总而言之[zǒng ér yán zhī]

总而言之
zǒng ér yán zhī

in short

Child Words of 而言

而
ér

and

言
yán

words

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