the words fail to convey the meaning(yán bù dǎi yì)

the words fail to convey the meaning

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y á Nb ù D ǎ iy ì, which means that what you say can not accurately express the content of your thoughts. It comes from the book of the Middle Kingdom on Lu Dalin.

The origin of Idioms

Cheng Yi of the Song Dynasty, in his book on Zhongshu with Lu Dalin, said: "I was afraid of stealing, I didn't know my life, I didn't mean what I said, I was clever or didn't understand it deeply, I often revealed what I saw, I wanted to benefit."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: expressing meaning by words

Idiom usage

As a predicate or attributive; used in speech or composition, etc. example if your majesty doesn't take this, you can't do it ten times. I don't mean it. Jian Xing Fen Yin by sun Zai and Lu in Song Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : yán bù dǎi yì