言近旨遠 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 言近旨远 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 遠(yuǎn)far A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0