言之凿凿
yán​zhī​záo​záo

to speak with conviction

  • created sense approved 言之凿凿/言之鑿鑿 · yán​zhī​záo​záo · to speak with conviction — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    言之凿凿 / 言之鑿鑿

    yán​zhī​záo​záo

    to speak with conviction

    to speak on good grounds; to say something with certainty because there is evidence or proof to back it up

    yán​zhī​zuò​zuò

    言 (literal) → 言 · yán · to say 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · it 凿凿 (reduplication) → 凿/鑿 · záo · authentic

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

    created sense