之乎者也

zhī hū zhě yě

Dictionary entry

(lit.) 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom)

What does 之乎者也 mean?

之乎者也 (zhī hū zhě yě) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom)

2(fig.) archaic expressions

Character breakdown

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之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 乎hū(classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in · at 者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... · (after a noun) person involved in ...也Yěsurname Ye

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How to pronounce 之乎者也

之乎者也

zhī hū zhě yě

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