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言行

yán xíng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

言行 (yán xíng) means "words and actions; what one says and what one does". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 言行 means

1. words and actions
2. what one says and what one does

The characters in 言行

• 言yánwords; speech; to say
• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…

Example sentences

• 注意言行！
  Zhùyì yánxíng!
  Be careful what you say.
• 她言行一致。
  Her behavior is consistent with her words.
• 他言行不一。
  His words and deeds do not match.
• 你的言行必须一致。
  Nǐ de yánxíng bìxū yīzhì.
  Your words must correspond with your actions.

Words starting with 言行

• 言行不符yán xíng bù fú(idiom) to say one thing and do another
• 言行一致yán xíng yī zhì(idiom) one's actions are in keeping with what one says
• 言行不一yán xíng bù yī(idiom) to say one thing and do another
• 言行若一yán xíng ruò yī(idiom) one's actions are in keeping with what one says

Sounds the same

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

• 严刑strict law; cruel punishment; to carry out cruel law rigorously

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