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严格来说

yán gé lái shuō

4-character word Traditional 嚴格來說

What 严格来说 means

1. strictly speaking

The characters in 严格来说

• 严yántight (closely sealed); stern; strict
• 格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…
• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off

Example sentences

• 严格来说，地球不是圆的。
  Yángéláishuō, dìqiú bù shì yuán de.
  Strictly speaking, the earth is not round.
• 严格来说，中文包含几百种方言。
  Yángéláishuō, Zhōngwén bāohán jǐ bǎi zhǒng fāngyán.
  Strictly speaking, Chinese consists of hundreds of dialects.
• 严格来说，蕃茄不是蔬菜，是水果。
  Yángéláishuō, fānqié bù shì shūcài, shì shuǐguǒ.
  Strictly speaking, the tomato is not a vegetable. It's a fruit.