{"path":"/entry/98473","title":"言不及义 / 言不及義 (yán bù jí yì) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"言不及义 / 言不及義 (yán bù jí yì): to talk nonsense (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":98473,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["言不及义"],"TRADITIONAL":["言不及義"]}},"phonetic":"yán bù jí yì","phoneticKey":"yan2 bu4 ji2 yi4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to talk nonsense ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"frivolous talk","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB","ADJECTIVE"],"frequency":57086,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Analects, Book 15 (《論語·衞靈公》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"子曰：「群居终日，言不及义，好行小慧，难矣哉！」","traditional":"子曰：「群居終日，言不及義，好行小慧，難矣哉！」"},"phonetic":"Zǐ yuē: “Qúnjū zhōngrì, yán bùjí yì, hào xíng xiǎohuì, nán yǐ zāi!”","english":"The Master said, \"When a number of people are together, for a whole day, without their conversation turning on righteousness, and when they are fond of carrying out the suggestions of a small shrewdness; theirs is indeed a hard case.\"","ref":"The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}