妄說
Chinese
absurd; fantastic | to speak; to say; persuade (politically) | ||
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trad. (妄說) | 妄 | 說 | |
simp. (妄说) | 妄 | 说 | |
In pronunciation 2, 說 is a tongjia character of 悅 (“pleased; to please”). |
Pronunciation 1
Pronunciation 2
Verb
妄說
- (literary) to please with empty talk
- 禮,不妄說人,不辭費。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, circa 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Lǐ, bù wàngyuè rén, bù cífèi. [Pinyin]
- According to those rules, one should not (seek to) please others in an improper way, nor be lavish of his words.
礼,不妄说人,不辞费。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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