极而言之 jí'éryánzhī to put it extremely Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 极 極 jí adjective to reach the limit (bound form) to reach the highest point; to exhaust or use to the full而言 éryán preposition with regard to (bound form) as far as something is concerned; used after words like 就 jiù or 对 duì to define the scope of a statement.之 zhī pronoun it Used only in the object position to refer to a person or thing already mentioned, meaning "him", "her", "it", or "them".