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开言

kāi yán

2-character word Traditional 開言

What 开言 means

1. to start to speak

The characters in 开言

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 言yánwords; speech; to say

Words containing 开言

• 广开言路guǎng kāi yán lùto encourage the free airing of views (idiom)

Sounds the same

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

• 开颜to smile; to beam
• 开筵to host a banquet