- to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom)
- to act as if one is taking things very seriously
Characters
- 煞 (煞): to terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop; to squeeze; to tighten; to damage; variant of 殺|杀[sha1]
- 有 (有): to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 介 (介): to introduce; to lie between; between; shell; armor
- 事 (事): matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 煞有介事
- MDBG: 煞有介事
- Examples with 煞有介事 on Tatoeba
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