Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「言之有故」 and how it’s used.
The idiom 「言之有故」 we’re featuring is explained below, showcasing its meaning and usage.
What was said has basis. Same as “makes sense”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yán zhī yǒu gù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yin4 ji1 yau5 gu2/gu3
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