千言万语
qiān yán wàn yǔ
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 千言萬語
A great many words; all that one's heart wants to say. Typically used when there is so much to express that one cannot find where to begin, or when no words seem enough.
Nghìn lời vạn tiếng: rất nhiều điều muốn nói. Thường dùng khi trong lòng có quá nhiều điều muốn bày tỏ mà không biết bắt đầu từ đâu, hoặc khi lời nào cũng không đủ.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “thiên ngôn vạn ngữ” (thien-ngon-van-ngu). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “千言万语” mean?
A great many words; all that one's heart wants to say. Typically used when there is so much to express that one cannot find where to begin, or when no words seem enough. Literally: a thousand statements, ten thousand words
Is “千言万语” formal or informal?
千言万语 is generally neutral.