姑妄言之
gū​wàng​yán​zhī

to speak for what it's worth

  • created reference approved 姑妄言之 → 姑妄听之/姑妄聽之 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    姑妄言之 gū​wàng​yán​zhī

    姑妄听之 / 姑妄聽之 gū​wàng​tīng​zhī

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 姑妄言之 · gū​wàng​yán​zhī · to speak for what it's worth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    姑妄言之

    gū​wàng​yán​zhī

    to speak for what it's worth

    to just say something for the sake of saying it, often implying that the speaker's words may not be entirely accurate or are without a strong basis

    姑 (literal) → 姑 · gū · tentatively 妄 (literal) → 妄 · wàng · rashly 言 (literal) → 言 · yán · to say 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · it

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

    created sense