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之乎者也

zhī hū zhě yě

4-character word

What 之乎者也 means

1. (lit.) {之|zhī}, {乎|hū}, {者|zhě} and {也|yě} (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom)
2. (fig.) archaic expressions

The characters in 之乎者也

• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 乎hū(classical particle similar to 于; at; from
• 者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er
• 也yěalso; too; as well; (not ...) either…

Words containing 之乎者也

• 满口之乎者也mǎn kǒu zhī hū zhě yěmouth full of literary phrases; to spout the classics