汉英词典
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。
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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. | ||
