言不由衷

to say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different

Characters and words in 言不由衷

words / speech / to say / to talk

= + + : The horizontal lines look like sound waves that emerge from an opening: I'll resemble 言 by a megaphone.

= + + : Maud Younger rushes into anthill and in the kitchen she uses a megaphone to loudly announce that the world revolution will soon start. She also tells the people that she has berets for everyone so that everyone will be able to be in style for the revolution. However she doesn't tell that she prepared the berets in another way: to each beret, she attached a mandarin via two capacitors which forms a formidable antenna, so that after the revolution, she'll be able to transmit her speeches directly to the wearers' brains.
(negative prefix) / not / no

= + : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
can't help (doing sth)
to follow / from / because of / due to / by / via / through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 自由古巴, a cuba libre. The character 由 itself even looks like a cuba libre.

Maud Younger (y) is taking part in a charity auction in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). She is auctioning the dinosaur bone (丨) next to her and is speaking into a microphone (曰). In the other hand she is holding a cuba libre (由), and she is already quite drunk.
to follow / from / because of; due to / by; via; through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
heartfelt / sincere / unfeigned
inner feelings

= + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is feeling very strange lately. As he is passing in front of the engine ((e)ng1) has some weird inner feelings (衷). He doesn't realize though that he forgot is dart board (中) in the pocket of his kilt (衣). It is the bulky dart board which is making him feel uncomfortable. (Look, the dart board is hiding in the kilt: 衷)

Words with 言不由衷

言不由衷 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 言不由衷

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