言近指远 yánjìnzhǐyuǎn simple words with deep meaning Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 言 yán noun speech words; talk; what is said近 jìn easy to understand easy to understand; simple; plain指 zhǐ intention (bound form) intention; meaning; gist远 遠 yuǎn nounadjective profound deep and far-reaching in meaning or thought