汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 之乎者也
之乎者也
lit. 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions
These four characters are all function words in classical Chinese, satirizing people like to chew words / Also describe half-literal words or articles
之、乎、者、也四字是文言里常用的语助词。形容人说话作文咬文嚼字;现也指话语、文章半文不白。都含有讽刺意味他对人说话,总是满口之乎者也,教人半懂不懂的。
zhī zhě
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

他对人说话,总是满口之乎者也

When he spoke to people, he was always spouting the classics.

我们不是圣人,更不是满口之乎者也的穷酸秀才。

We are not saints, nor the Qiongsuan mouthful education in classical Chinese scholar.

我一直在思考上苍为什么要让如梦的青春在之乎者也中消逝。

I've been thinking about god why want to let the dream of youth in the who and die.

一会太医到了,给澜惠把了脉后之乎者也的一顿说。

A short while cured too much and gave Lan Hui after the vein it also say.

虽然他的文化低得不能再低,但他的屋子里却全是些之乎者也的到现在我也读不太懂的黄皮书。

Although he is despicably low culture, but he's actually a room full of some archaisms of the up to now I have read do not really understand the Beige Book.