言 之 有 物

yán zhī yǒu wùdictionary entry

(of one's words) to have substance

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Original source entry:

言之有物言之有物 [yan2 zhi1 you3 wu4] /(of one's words) to have substance/

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Character information

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言
yán
words / speech / to say / to talk
之
zhī
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de]) / him / her / it
有
yǒu
to have / there is / (bound form) having / with / -ful / -ed / -al (as in 有意[yǒu yì] intentional)
物
wù
(bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself / people other than oneself

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