言近旨远 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 言近旨遠 yánjìnzhǐyuǎn ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄓˇ ㄩㄢˇ simple words with a profound meaning (idiom) Character by character 言(yán)words 近(jìn)near 旨(zhǐ)imperial decree 远(yuǎn)far A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0