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(of one's words) to have substance

言之有物
yán zhī yǒu wù
Idiom
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
hold the assertion with reasons · have sufficient grounds for one's views持之有故chí zhī yǒu gùconcise and comprehensive (idiom)言简意赅yán jiǎn yì gāireality · practice · practical · realistic · real · actual实际shí jì
Antonyms
(of a writing etc) to have no substance (idiom) · to carry no weight言之无物yán zhī wú wùa bunch of nonsense · verbose and rambling废话连篇fèi huà lián piānlit. military tactics on paper (idiom) · fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice · armchair strategist · idle theorizing · cf Zhao Kuo leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping in 260 BC纸上谈兵zhǐ shàng tán bīng