汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 微言大义
微言大义 (微言大義)
subtle words with profound meaning (idiom)
微言 Precise and far-reaching words / 大义 This refers to the essence of the scriptures, and later refers to the principles / The profound truth contained in subtle language
wēi yán dà/dài () yì
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

晚明小品突破传统散文“微言大义”模式,把主题引向人的日常生活,注重个体化的生活方式和精神方式。

They broke through the traditional prose's theme pattern----"sublime works with deep meaning". Their theme was led to daily life and paid attention to individual way of life and way of spirit.

我要打开心扉,倾听星星的微语和鸟儿的低鸣,倾听婴儿的呀呀学语和圣哲的微言大义

I will listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with an open heart.

不过话说回来,一个要求每个广场都要树一个自己的30英尺(九米)金色雕塑的人能微言大义还真是挺出人意料的。

Then again, perhaps we're being unfair here: We shouldn't exactly be expecting subtlety from the guy commissioning 30-foot gold statues of himself for every town square in the country.

力图探求《需卦》的微言大义,以兹引起世人对《周易》当中蕴含的伟大人文哲学思想和科学精蕴的全新关注。

It is an attempt to explore the profound connotations of the hexagram Xuto arouse a completely new attention to the great humanistic philosophical idea and scientific implications embraced in Zhouyi.