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言之无物

yán zhī wú wù

4-character word Traditional 言之無物

What 言之无物 means

1. (of a writing etc) to have no substance (idiom)
2. to carry no weight

The characters in 言之无物

• 言yánwords; speech; to say
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 物wù(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…

Example sentences

• 他言之无物。
  There is no substance in his speech.