义正词严
yì​zhèng​cí​yán

to speak with the force of justice

  • created reference approved 义正词严/義正詞嚴 → 义正辞严/義正辭嚴 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    义正词严 / 義正詞嚴 yì​zhèng​cí​yán

    义正辞严 / 義正辭嚴 yì​zhèng​cí​yán

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    created reference

  • created sense approved 义正词严/義正詞嚴 · yì​zhèng​cí​yán · to speak with the force of justice — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    义正词严 / 義正詞嚴

    yì​zhèng​cí​yán

    to speak with the force of justice

    to speak with a righteous cause and severe wording; to be just and stern in one's language; also written [[义正辞严|義正辭嚴|yi4 zheng4 ci2 yan2]]

    义 (literal) → 义/義 · yì · justice 正 (literal) → 正 · zhèng · correct 词 (literal) → 词/詞 · cí · speech 严 (literal) → 严/嚴 · yán · strict

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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