不可言状 Bù kě yán zhuàng Unspeakable

Explanation

无法用言语形容。通常用来形容难以言说的感受或景象，多指负面情绪。

Inability to describe with words. It is usually used to describe feelings or scenes that are difficult to express in words, mostly negative emotions.

Origin Story

传说，在古代一个偏僻的山村里，住着一位世外高人。他医术精湛，救死扶伤，深受村民爱戴。一日，一位年轻女子前来求医，她面色苍白，气息微弱，浑身颤抖。高人仔细诊脉后，面色凝重，他发现女子身患奇症，病情复杂难解，即使是他，也难以治愈。女子问及病情，高人犹豫片刻，最后只说了三个字：“不可言状”。这三个字，比任何华丽的辞藻都更能表达女子病情之重，也表达了高人对女子病情束手无策的无奈。女子默默地离开了，高人的话在她的心中久久回荡。她明白，她的病情已经到了无法治愈的地步，但她仍然心存一丝希望，或许奇迹会发生。

chuán shuō, zài gǔdài yīgè piānpì de shāncūn lǐ, zhù zhe yī wèi shìwài gāorén. tā yīshù jīngzhàn, jiù sǐ fú shāng, shēn shòu cūn mín àidài. yī rì, yī wèi nián qīng nǚ zǐ qǐng lái qiú yī, tā miàn sè cāng bái, qì xī wēi ruò, hūnshēn chàndǒu. gāo rén zǐ xì zhěn mài hòu, miàn sè níng zhòng, tā fā xiàn nǚ zǐ shēn huàn qí zhēng, bìng qíng fù zá nán jiě, jí shǐ shì tā, yě nán yǐ zhì yù. nǚ zǐ wèn jí bìng qíng, gāo rén yóuyù piàn kè, zuì hòu zhǐ shuō le sān gè zì: "bù kě yán zhuàng". zhè sān gè zì, bǐ rènhé huá lì de cí zǎo dōu gèng néng biǎo dá nǚ zǐ bìng qíng zhī zhòng, yě biǎo dá le gāo rén duì nǚ zǐ bìng qíng shù shǒu wú cè de wú nài. nǚ zǐ mòmò de lí kāi le, gāo rén de huà zài tā de xīn zhōng jiǔ jiǔ huí dàng. tā míng bái, tā de bìng qíng yǐ jīng dào le wú fǎ zhì yù de dì bù, dàn tā réng rán xīn cún yīsī xī wàng, huò xǔ qí jī huì fā shēng.

Legend has it that in ancient times, there lived a recluse in a remote mountain village. He was a brilliant physician, saving lives and helping the injured, and was deeply loved by the villagers. One day, a young woman came to seek medical treatment. She was pale, weak, and trembling all over. After carefully examining her pulse, the recluse's face became serious. He discovered that the woman had a strange illness, complicated and difficult to treat, even for him. When the woman inquired about her condition, the recluse hesitated for a moment before finally uttering three words: "Unspeakable." These three words expressed more effectively than any flowery language the gravity of the woman's illness, and also expressed the helplessness of the recluse in being unable to help. The woman left silently, the recluse's words echoing in her heart for a long time. She understood that her condition was incurable, but she still held a glimmer of hope, that perhaps a miracle would happen.

Usage

用于形容无法用语言表达的感受或景象，常用于描述痛苦、悲伤等难以言喻的情感。

yòng yú xíngróng wú fǎ yòng yǔyán biǎodá de gǎnshòu huò jǐngxiàng, cháng yòng yú miáoshù tòngkǔ, bēishāng děng nán yǐ yán yù de qínggǎn

Used to describe feelings or scenes that cannot be expressed in words, often used to describe pain, sadness, and other indescribable emotions.

Examples

• 她内心的痛苦，真是不可言状！

  tā nèixīn de tòngkǔ, zhēnshi bù kě yán zhuàng!

  Her inner pain is really unspeakable!

• 他经历了种种磨难，那种痛苦真是不可言状。

  tā jīng lì le zhǒng zhǒng mónǎn, nà zhǒng tòngkǔ zhēnshi bù kě yán zhuàng

  He has experienced all kinds of hardships, and the pain is really indescribable..

Related Idioms

• 难以言喻

• 不堪言状

Opposite Idioms

• 绘声绘色

• 栩栩如生