微言大義

Chinese

		opposite opinion; subtle commentary; laconic expression of opinion	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (微言大義)		微言	大	義
simp. (微言大义)		微言	大	义
Literally: “Sparse words, grand ideas”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēiyándàyì, wéiyándàyì

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ jin⁴ daai⁶ ji⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wēiyándàyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: weiyándàyì
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹-yen²-ta⁴-i⁴
  - Yale: wēi-yán-dà-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueiyandahyih
  - Palladius: вэйяньдаи (vɛjjanʹdai)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéiyándàyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéiyándàyì
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-yen²-ta⁴-i⁴
  - Yale: wéi-yán-dà-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weiyandahyih
  - Palladius: вэйяньдаи (vɛjjanʹdai)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ jɛn³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ jin⁴ daai⁶ ji⁶
  - Yale: mèih yìhn daaih yih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ jin⁴ daai⁶ ji⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ yin⁴ dai⁶ yi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ jiːn²¹ taːi̯²² jiː²²/

Idiom

微言大義

using few words to convey deep meaning

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