[yán]
[名]
（话） speech; word
make a speech; take the floor
发言
a slip of the tongue
失言
brave [proud] words
豪言壮语
have nothing to say in reply
无言以对
not utter a word
一言不发
let it be clearly understood beforehand
有言在先
（汉语的一个字） character; word
a poem with five characters to a line
五言诗
It is a book of nearly 200,000 words.
全书近20万言。
（姓氏） a surname
Yan Youxu
言友恂
[动]
（说） say; talk; speak
state explicitly; clearly stipulate
言明
say all you know and say it without reserve
知无不言，言无不尽
talk to oneself
自言自语
The prophecy has unfortunately come true.
不幸言中。
The best part lies in what is left unsaid.
妙在不言中。