严格来说 yángéláishuō strictly speaking Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 严格 嚴格 yángé adjectiveadverb strict strict; rigorous; stringent; tight来 來 lái prepositionverb in order to Used between two verb phrases to show that the first action is the means or method used to achieve the second goal说 說 shuō verb to say to say; to speak; to talk; to express in words