言之有物
yán zhī yǒu wù
Pinyin

Definition

言之有物
 - 
yán zhī yǒu wù
  1. (of one's words) to have substance

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

之
zhī
  1. 1 (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
  2. 2 him
  3. 3 her
  4. 4 it
有
yǒu
  1. 1 to have
  2. 2 there is
  3. 3 there are
  4. 4 to exist
  5. 5 to be
没有
méi yǒu
  1. 1 haven't
  2. 2 hasn't
  3. 3 doesn't exist
  4. 4 to not have
  5. 5 to not be
一无所有
yī wú suǒ yǒu
  1. 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
  2. 2 without two sticks to rub together
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
不败之地
bù bài zhī dì
  1. 1 invincible position
之一
zhī yī
  1. 1 one of (sth)
  2. 2 one out of a multitude
  3. 3 one (third, quarter, percent etc)
之上
zhī shàng
  1. 1 above
之下
zhī xià
  1. 1 under
  2. 2 beneath
  3. 3 less than
之中
zhī zhōng
  1. 1 inside
  2. 2 among
  3. 3 in the midst of (doing sth)
  4. 4 during
之内
zhī nèi
  1. 1 inside
  2. 2 within
之前
zhī qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 prior to
  3. 3 ago
  4. 4 previously
  5. 5 beforehand
之外
zhī wài
  1. 1 outside
  2. 2 excluding
之后
zhī hòu
  1. 1 afterwards
  2. 2 following
  3. 3 later
  4. 4 after
之所以
zhī suǒ yǐ
  1. 1 the reason why
之间
zhī jiān
  1. 1 between
  2. 2 among
  3. 3 inter-
之际
zhī jì
  1. 1 during
  2. 2 at the time of
之类
zhī lèi
  1. 1 and so on
  2. 2 and such
事业有成
shì yè yǒu chéng
  1. 1 to be successful in business
  2. 2 professional success
事物
shì wù
  1. 1 thing
  2. 2 object
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (20)

一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一年之计在于春
yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn
  1. 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
  2. 2 early planning is the key to success
一技之长
yī jì zhī cháng
  1. 1 proficiency in a particular field (idiom)
  2. 2 skill in a specialized area (idiom)
一掬同情之泪
yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi
  1. 1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
一日之计在于晨
yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén
  1. 1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
  2. 2 early morning is the golden time of the day
一日之雅
yī rì zhī yǎ
  1. 1 lit. friends for a day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. casual acquaintance
一无所有
yī wú suǒ yǒu
  1. 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
  2. 2 without two sticks to rub together
一物降一物
yī wù xiáng yī wù
  1. 1 lit. one object bests another object
  2. 2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
  3. 3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
一箭之仇
yī jiàn zhī chóu
  1. 1 a wrong suffered (idiom)
  2. 2 old grievance
  3. 3 previous defeat
一言一动
yī yán yī dòng
  1. 1 (one's) every word and deed (idiom)
一言一行
yī yán yī xíng
  1. 1 every word and action (idiom)
一言不发
yī yán bù fā
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
  2. 2 in a nutshell
一言千金
yī yán qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice
  2. 2 words of enormous weight
一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一言为定
yī yán wéi dìng
  1. 1 (idiom) it's a deal
  2. 2 that's settled then
一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
  1. 1 each word carries weight
  2. 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
一言难尽
yī yán nán jìn
  1. 1 hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly

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