言之无物

言之無物

yánzhī-wúwù

idiom

Meanings

HSK 5

他的发言很长，但言之无物。

Tā de fāyán hěn cháng, dàn yánzhī-wúwù.

His speech was long but said nothing of substance.

HSK 7-9

写作文要有真情实感，否则辞藻再华丽也是言之无物。

Xiě zuòwén yào yǒu zhēnqíngshígǎn, fǒuzé cízǎo zài huálì yě shì yánzhī-wúwù.

An essay needs real feeling; otherwise, however flowery the language, it says nothing.

usage

Said of essays, reports, speeches and meetings that are long but empty. The opposite is 言之有物 "to have substance".

言 yán

之 zhī

无 wú

物 wù