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): ㄨㄟ ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ jin⁴ daai⁶ ji⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēiyándàyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄧㄢˊ 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

1. using few words to convey deep meaning