严格来说 yán gé lái shuō

DEFINITIONS

  1. strictly speaking

CHARACTERS

严 yán
HSK 4
strict, rigorous, rigid; stern
格 gé
HSK 4
pattern, standard, form; style
来 lái
HSK 1
come, coming; return, returning
说 shuō
HSK 1
speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid