"言之無物" meaning in Chinese

See 言之無物 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /jɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵ u⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jiːn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ mɐt̚²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 言之无物 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 言之無物
  1. (of speech or writing) to be devoid of substance; to be just empty verbiage Tags: idiomatic
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "言之无物",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "言之無物",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be devoid of substance; to be just empty verbiage"
      ],
      "id": "en-言之無物-zh-phrase-WmKZLQNH",
      "links": [
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ],
        [
          "writing",
          "writing"
        ],
        [
          "devoid",
          "devoid"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ],
        [
          "just",
          "just"
        ],
        [
          "empty",
          "empty"
        ],
        [
          "verbiage",
          "verbiage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of speech or writing) to be devoid of substance; to be just empty verbiage"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of speech or writing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yánzhīwúwù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄨˊ ㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jin⁴ zi¹ mou⁴ mat⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yánzhīwúwù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄨˊ ㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yánjhihwúwù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yen²-chih¹-wu²-wu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yán-jr̄-wú-wù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yanjywuwuh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "janʹčžiuu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "яньчжиуу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵ u⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jin⁴ zi¹ mou⁴ mat⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yìhn jī mòuh maht"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jin⁴ dzi¹ mou⁴ mat⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yin⁴ ji¹ mou⁴ med⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ mɐt̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "言之無物"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "言之无物",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "言之無物",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 之",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 無",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 物",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 言",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be devoid of substance; to be just empty verbiage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ],
        [
          "writing",
          "writing"
        ],
        [
          "devoid",
          "devoid"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ],
        [
          "just",
          "just"
        ],
        [
          "empty",
          "empty"
        ],
        [
          "verbiage",
          "verbiage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of speech or writing) to be devoid of substance; to be just empty verbiage"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of speech or writing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yánzhīwúwù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄨˊ ㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jin⁴ zi¹ mou⁴ mat⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yánzhīwúwù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄨˊ ㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yánjhihwúwù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yen²-chih¹-wu²-wu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yán-jr̄-wú-wù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yanjywuwuh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "janʹčžiuu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "яньчжиуу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵ u⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jin⁴ zi¹ mou⁴ mat⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yìhn jī mòuh maht"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jin⁴ dzi¹ mou⁴ mat⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yin⁴ ji¹ mou⁴ med⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ mɐt̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "言之無物"
}

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