汉英词语拾趣

    俗话说:察言观色.可见"言"之莫测,"言"之多样.那么如何用英语表达汉语中各种不同的"言"呢?
    语言 language
    名言 well-known saying(dictum)      
    序言 preface(forword)
    引言 introduction
    诤言 forthright admonition
    方言 dialect
    直言 outright statement
    片言 phrase
    誓言 oath(pledge)
    留言 message
    摭言 collections
    诺言 promise
    格言 maxim(motto)
    遗言 decreased words
    箴言 exhortation
    谗言 calumny
    忠言 sincere  advice
    预言 prophecy
    怨言 complaint 
    吉言 lucky words
    谎言 lie
    豪言 brave words
    导言 introduction
    附言 postscript
    常言 saying
    扬言 threatening words
    寓言 fable
    胡言 nonsense
    谣言 rumour
    食言 break one's promise
    发言 make a speech
    流言 gossip
    戏言 joke
    放言 free-spoken words
    失言 make a slip of the tongue
    妖言 heresy(fallacy)
    佯言 allege falsely
    倡言 propose(initiate)
    异言 dissenting words
    美言 put in a good word for
    插言 interpose a remark
    玉言 your words
    传言 hearsay
    群言 popular tribune
    赘言 unnecessary details
    狂言 ravings(wild language)
    讳言 avoid mentioning sth.