怨 yuàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- Made of
- 夗 to turn over when asleep 心 heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
怨言
yuànyán
complaint; grievance
Characters in this word
言 yán
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 言 — words, speech
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 预算被削减后，团队虽然有怨言，但仍按时完成了核心任务。 Yùsuàn bèi xuējiǎn hòu, tuánduì suīrán yǒu yuànyán, dàn réng ànshí wánchéng le héxīn rènwu. After the budget was cut, the team had complaints, but still completed the core tasks on time.
- 他工作最辛苦，却从没有一句怨言。 Tā gōngzuò zuì xīnkǔ, què cóng méiyǒu yī jù yuànyán. He works the hardest, yet he has never uttered a single complaint.
- 面对客户的怨言，经理耐心地一一解释。 Miànduì kèhù de yuànyán, jīnglǐ nàixīn de yīyī jiěshì. Facing the customers' complaints, the manager patiently explained each one.
Related words
- 抱怨 bàoyuàn to complain
- 怨 yuàn to blame
- 恩怨 ēnyuàn gratitude and resentment; grievances
- 埋怨 mányuàn to complain; to blame
- 怨恨 yuànhèn to resent bitterly; resentment
- 怨气 yuànqì grievance; resentment
- 语言 yǔyán language
- 发言 fāyán to speak; to make a speech
- 言语 yányǔ speech; words
- 方言 fāngyán dialect
- 自言自语 zìyánzìyǔ to talk to oneself
- 不言而喻 bùyán'éryù self-evident; it goes without saying