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名言

míng yán

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

名言 (míng yán) means "saying; famous remark". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 名言 means

1. saying
2. famous remark

The characters in 名言

• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
• 言yánwords; speech; to say

Words containing 名言

• 至理名言zhì lǐ míng yánwise saying; words of wisdom

Sounds the same

Read míng yán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 明言to say clearly; to argue clearly; to pronounce
• 铭言motto; slogan

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