"Remark" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 bèi zhù remark / note
 píng zhù to annotate / annotation / commentary / remark
 yī yán one sentence / brief remark
 míng yán saying / famous remark
 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5])
 wū yā zuǐ crow's beak / (fig.) person who makes an inauspicious remark
 qiào pi huà witticism / wisecrack / sarcastic remark / double entendre
 fǎn huà irony / ironic remark
 guài huà ridiculous talk / preposterous remark
 yì shuō different opinion / dissident view / absurd remark
 chèn yǔ prophecy / prophetic remark
 gěng branch / stem / stalk / CL:根[gen1] / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc)
 píng tóu lùn zú lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom) / minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / to remark upon a person's appearance / nitpicking / overcritical / judgmental
 zhū yù pearls and jades / jewels / clever remark / beautiful writing / gems of wisdom / genius / outstanding person
 fān zuǐ to withdraw a remark / to quarrel
 yǔ shī indiscreet remark / indiscretion / slip of the tongue
 yán zhě wú yì , tīng zhě yǒu xīn to take a casual remark to heart (idiom)
 gàn huà (Tw) (slang) remark that sounds like it makes sense but is actually nonsense
 yǔ jīng sì zuò to make a remark that startles everyone present (idiom) / (of a remark) startling
 lòu zuǐ to make an indiscreet remark
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