言喻

yányù

verb

Meanings

Nà zhǒng xǐyuè nányǐ yányù.

That kind of joy is hard to put into words.

Měijǐng měi de bùkě yányù.

The scenery is beautiful beyond description.

usage

Almost always appears in the negative: 难以言喻 (hard to describe) or 不可言喻 (indescribable). You'll rarely hear 言喻 by itself in a positive sentence.

言 yán

喻 yù