| 义正辞严 |
yì zhèng cí yán |
(idiom) to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness |
| 义 |
Yì |
surname Yi / (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 义大利) |
| 义 |
yì |
justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship |
| 正 |
zhēng |
first month of the lunar year |
| 正 |
zhèng |
straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive |
| 辞 |
cí |
old variant of 辞 |
| 辞 |
cí |
to resign / to dismiss / to decline / (literary) to take leave / (archaic poetic genre) ballad / variant of 词 |
| 严 |
Yán |
surname Yan |
| 严 |
yán |
tight (closely sealed) / stern / strict / rigorous / severe / father |