- lit. 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions
Characters
- 之 (之): (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 乎 (乎): (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in; at; from; because; than; (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
- 者 (者): (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- 也 (也): surname Ye
Resources
- Wiktionary: 之乎者也
- MDBG: 之乎者也
- Examples with 之乎者也 on Tatoeba
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