微言大义 — Chinese idiom
微言大义
wēi yán dà yì
Traditional: 微言大義
Meaning
- subtle words with profound meaning
Character by character
- 微wēismall, tiny, trifling; micro-
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 义yìright conduct, propriety; justice
Idioms sharing a character
- 人微言轻 rén wēi yán qīng
- 微不足道 wēi bù zú dào
- 微乎其微 wēi hū qí wēi
- 渺乎其微 miǎo hū qí wēi
- 无微不至 wú wēi bù zhì
- 积于忽微 jī yú hū wēi
- 见微知著 jiàn wēi zhī zhù
- 防微杜渐 fáng wēi dù jiàn
- 体恤入微 tǐ xù rù wēi
- 体贴入微 tǐ tiē rù wēi
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