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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
无言以对
to be left speechless
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to be left speechless
02
unable to respond
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 无言以对 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 无言以对 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 无言以对.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 无言以对.
Directly before
- 我无言以对1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 无言以对
What does 无言以对 mean in Chinese?
无言以对 (wúyányǐduì) means to be left speechless.
How do you pronounce 无言以对?
无言以对 is pronounced wúyányǐduì.
Is 无言以对 an HSK word?
无言以对 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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