振振有词
zhèn​zhèn​yǒu​cí

to speak with an air of self-importance

  • created reference approved 振振有词/振振有詞 → 振振有辞/振振有辭 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    振振有词 / 振振有詞 zhèn​zhèn​yǒu​cí

    振振有辞 / 振振有辭 zhèn​zhèn​yǒu​cí

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 振振有词/振振有詞 · zhèn​zhèn​yǒu​cí · to speak with an air of self-importance — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    振振有词 / 振振有詞

    zhèn​zhèn​yǒu​cí

    to speak with an air of self-importance

    To speak at length and with great confidence, assuming that one's reasons are valid and just; often used to describe someone who is self-righteous or making a plausible-sounding but potentially specious argument

    振振 (reduplication) → 振 · zhēn · used in [[振振|振振|zhen1 zhen1]] 有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · to have 词 (literal) → 词/詞 · cí · speech

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

    created sense