义正词严
yìzhèng-cíyánTraditional 義正詞嚴
to speak sternly from a position of righteousness
Every meaning
yìzhèng-cíyán
- to speak sternly from a position of righteousness
Its characters
- 义yìjustice; righteousness
- 正zhèngstraight; upright
- 词cíword; term
- 严yánstrict; stern; severe
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Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.