发言

fā yán · fa yan

Traditional 發言

Meaning

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  1. to make a speech
  2. statement
  3. utterance
  4. CL:個 / 个 (gè)

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2 examples
01

他(tā)发(fā)言(yán)完(wán)后(hòu),大(dà)家(jiā)陷(xiàn)入(rù)了(le)沉(chén)默(mò)。

When he finished speaking, everyone was silent.

Tatoeba: Chinese by jin1 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

会(huì)上(shàng)每(měi)个(gè)人(rén)都(dōu)有(yǒu)机(jī)会(huì)发(fā)言(yán)。

Everyone has a chance to speak at the meeting.

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