言之無物 yán zhī wú wù

(of a writing etc) to have no substance (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. (of a writing etc) to have no substance (idiom)
  2. 2. to carry no weight

Characters

Character Meaning
言 yán HSK 4
to say; to talk; speech
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
無 wú
not; no; not to have
物 wù HSK 3
thing; object; matter