WordTaiwan frequency #28,103
娓娓道來
ㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄞˊ
“to speak continuously and unhurriedly; to recount at length in an engaging, flowing manner”
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娓
ㄨㄟˇ
To comply or be agreeable; beautiful; diligent and tireless; used in the reduplicated form 娓娓 to describe speaking in a gentle, continuous, and engaging manner.
道
ㄉㄠˋ
road; path; way; method; principle; truth; doctrine; skill; art; to say; classifier for long things, barriers, questions, commands, courses, steps.
來
ㄌㄞˊ
To come; to arrive; to return; to happen; to be used as a substitute for a verb; indicating possibility; indicating the future or next time; approximately.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 知道ㄓ ㄉㄠˋto know; to be aware of; to understand; to realize
- 未來ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄞˊthe time yet to come; the future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending
- 後來ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄞˊafterwards; later; subsequently; after a while; in the future; those who arrive later; newcomers
- 起來ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊto stand up; to get up; to rise; (verb complement) beginning of an action; upward movement; preliminary impression; completion of an action
- 來自ㄌㄞˊ ㄗˋto come from (a place); originating from; (in email headers) From:
- 帶來ㄉㄞˋ ㄌㄞˊto bring; to bring about; to produce; to cause to happen
- 出來ㄔㄨ ㄌㄞˊto come out; to appear; to emerge; to show up; to take office; to be completed (after a verb)
- 原來ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄞˊoriginal; former; at first; so, actually, as it turns out; used when discovering something previously unknown
- 以來ㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊsince (a specified time or event); from then until now; afterwards; more than; over
- 回來ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄌㄞto return; to come back; to come back later; in a moment
- 來到ㄌㄞˊ ㄉㄠˋto arrive; to come; to reach a place or point in time.
- 道路ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄨˋroad; path; way; a route for vehicles or pedestrians; figuratively, a method, means, or course of action.