说话 說話 shuō huà to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word syn 邪恶 邪惡 xié è sinister / vicious / wicked / evil syn 说实话 說實話 shuō shí huà to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly 讲话 講話 jiǎng huà a speech / to speak / to talk / to address / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 出口 chū kǒu an exit / CL:個|个[ge4] / to speak / to export / (of a ship) to leave port syn 辩护 辯護 biàn hù to speak in defense of / to argue in favor of / to defend / to plead syn 罪恶 罪惡 zuì è crime / evil / sin syn 小声 小聲 xiǎo shēng in a low voice / (speak) in whispers 恶意 惡意 è yì malice / evil intention syn 言语 言語 yán yu to speak / to tell syn 直言 zhí yán to speak forthrightly / to talk bluntly syn 妖精 yāo jing evil spirit / alluring woman syn 恶人 惡人 è rén evil person / vile creature / villain / (archaic) ugly person syn 恭维 恭維 gōng wei to praise / to speak highly of / compliment / praise syn 洗耳恭听 洗耳恭聽 xǐ ěr gōng tīng to listen with respectful attention / (a polite request to sb to speak) / we are all ears syn 挖苦 wā kǔ to speak sarcastically / to make cutting remarks / also pr. [wa1 ku5] syn 转圈 轉圈 zhuàn quān to rotate / to twirl / to run around / to encircle / rotation / (coll.) to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush syn 邪教 xié jiào evil cult 多嘴 duō zuǐ talkative / to speak out of turn / to blab / to shoot one's mouth off / rumors fly syn 难以启齿 難以啟齒 nán yǐ qǐ chǐ to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom) / to find it hard to speak about sth syn 恶性 惡性 è xìng malignant / wicked / vicious (circle) / producing evil / rapid (decline) / runaway (inflation) syn 拐弯抹角 拐彎抹角 guǎi wān mò jiǎo lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) / fig. to speak in a roundabout way / to equivocate / to beat about the bush syn 恶鬼 惡鬼 è guǐ evil spirit / devil syn 随口 隨口 suí kǒu (speak) without thinking the matter through syn 魔王 mó wáng devil king / evil person syn 围攻 圍攻 wéi gōng to besiege / to beleaguer / to attack from all sides / to jointly speak or write against sb syn 豺狼 chái láng jackal and wolf / ravenous wolf / fig. evil person / vicious tyrant syn 魔爪 mó zhǎo evil clutches / claws syn 张嘴 張嘴 zhāng zuǐ to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request) / to gape syn 抬举 擡舉 tái ju to lift sth up / to elevate sb / to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc) / to show great regard / to speak highly / Taiwan pr. [tai2 ju3] syn 善恶 善惡 shàn è good and evil / good versus evil 作恶 作惡 zuò è to do evil syn 讲演 講演 jiǎng yǎn to lecture / to speak publicly syn 恶名 惡名 è míng bad name / evil reputation syn 霸道 bà dào the Way of the Hegemon / abbr. for 霸王之道 / despotic rule / rule by might / evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道 / overbearing / tyranny / (of liquor, medicine etc) strong / potent syn 直白 zhí bái to speak frankly / frank / open / blunt syn 始作俑者 shǐ zuò yǒng zhě lit. the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom) / fig. the originator of an evil practice 万恶 萬惡 wàn è everything that is evil syn 恶霸 惡霸 è bà evil tyrant syn 恶果 惡果 è guǒ evil consequence / retribution (in Buddhism) syn 恶行 惡行 è xíng evil or wicked conduct syn 信口开河 信口開河 xìn kǒu kāi hé to speak without thinking (idiom) / to blurt sth out syn 张口 張口 zhāng kǒu to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc) / to gape / to start talking (esp. to make a request) 谈到 談到 tán dào to refer to / to speak about / to talk about 鬼魅 guǐ mèi demon / evil spirit syn 邪魔 xié mó evil spirit syn 直言不讳 直言不諱 zhí yán bù huì to speak bluntly (idiom) / not to mince words syn 吞吞吐吐 tūn tūn tǔ tǔ to hum and haw (idiom) / to mumble as if hiding sth / to speak and break off, then start again / to hold sth back syn 剖腹 pōu fù to cut open the abdomen / to disembowel / to speak from the heart 邪念 xié niàn wicked idea / evil thought / evil desire syn 邪说 邪說 xié shuō harmful teachings / evil doctrine syn 鬼祟 guǐ suì evil spirit / sneaky / secretive syn 言不由衷 yán bù yóu zhōng to say sth without meaning it (idiom) / to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different syn 异口同声 異口同聲 yì kǒu tóng shēng different mouths, same voice / to speak in unison (idiom) syn 奸笑 jiān xiào evil smile / sinister smile syn 魔掌 mó zhǎng the power of sb or sth evil / the clutches (of a bad person etc) syn 恶言 惡言 è yán evil tongue / malicious talk syn 死有余辜 死有餘辜 sǐ yǒu yú gū (idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment syn 辟邪 bì xié to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1]) 恶语 惡語 è yǔ evil words / malicious talk syn 居心 jū xīn to harbor (evil) intentions / to be bent on / a tranquil heart or mind syn 对口 對口 duì kǒu (of two performers) to speak or sing alternately / to be fit for the purposes of a job or task / (of food) to suit sb's taste syn 夸赞 誇贊 kuā zàn to praise / to speak highly of / to commend syn 三缄其口 三緘其口 sān jiān qí kǒu (idiom) reluctant to speak about it / tight-lipped syn 谈起 談起 tán qǐ to mention / to speak of / to talk about 避邪 bì xié to avoid evil spirits 洁身自好 潔身自好 jié shēn zì hào clean-living and honest (idiom) / to avoid immorality / to shun evil influence / to mind one's own business and keep out of trouble / to keep one's hands clean syn 不可同日而语 不可同日而語 bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom) / not to be mentioned in the same breath / incomparable syn 贼心 賊心 zéi xīn evil intentions syn 无所不为 無所不為 wú suǒ bù wéi not stopping at anything / all manner of evil syn 恶贯满盈 惡貫滿盈 è guàn mǎn yíng lit. strung through and filled with evil (idiom) / filled with extreme evil / replete with vice / guilty of monstrous crimes syn 邪路 xié lù deviant path / evil ways syn 居心不良 jū xīn bù liáng to harbor evil intentions (idiom) syn 出言 chū yán to speak / words syn 弊病 bì bìng malady / evil / malpractice / drawback / disadvantage syn 笑面虎 xiào miàn hǔ man with a big smile and evil intentions syn 开腔 開腔 kāi qiāng to speak out / to start speaking syn 褒贬 褒貶 bāo biǎn to appraise / to pass judgment on / to speak ill of / praise and censure / appraisal syn 奸计 奸計 jiān jì evil plan / evil schemes syn 讲坛 講壇 jiǎng tán a platform (to speak) syn 阴风 陰風 yīn fēng chill wind / (fig.) evil wind syn 侃侃而谈 侃侃而談 kǎn kǎn ér tán to speak frankly with assurance syn 造孽 zào niè to do evil / to commit sins syn 狞笑 獰笑 níng xiào to laugh nastily / evil grin 邪气 邪氣 xié qì evil influence / unhealthy trend / (a person's) evil air / aura of wickedness / (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4], vital energy) syn 娓娓 wěi wěi (to speak) at length / engagingly / captivatingly syn 帮腔 幫腔 bāng qiāng vocal accompaniment in some traditional Chinese operas / to speak in support of / to chime in syn 余孽 餘孽 yú niè remaining evil element / surviving members (of an evil former regime) / dregs (of a colonial administration) syn 为虎作伥 為虎作倀 wèi hǔ zuò chāng to act as accomplice to the tiger / to help a villain do evil (idiom) syn 孽障 niè zhàng evil creature syn 仗义执言 仗義執言 zhàng yì zhí yán to speak out for justice (idiom) / to take a stand on a matter of principle syn 振振有词 振振有詞 zhèn zhèn yǒu cí to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom) / to argue with the courage of one's convictions syn 收心 shōu xīn to concentrate on the task / to curb one's evil instincts 曲直 qū zhí lit. crooked and straight / fig. right and wrong, good and evil syn 疾恶如仇 疾惡如仇 jí wù rú chóu to hate evil as one hates an enemy (idiom) syn 鬼蜮 guǐ yù treacherous person / evil spirit syn 说出 說出 shuō chū to speak out / to declare (one's view) syn 出声 出聲 chū shēng to make a sound / to speak / to cry out 不语 不語 bù yǔ (literary) not to speak 