之無 [－无]

Jyutping zi1 mou4
Pinyin zhī wú

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literary
    easy-to-read words
  2. noun, literary
    simplest and most common characters
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他言之无物。
    他言之無物。
    tā yán zhī wú wù 。
    • There is no substance in his speech.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    呢篇文章内容空洞，言之无物。
    呢篇文章內容空洞，言之無物。
    lei1 pin1 man4 zoeng1 noi6 jung4 hung1 dung6, jin1 zi1 mou4 mat6.
    • This passage is hollow. It's just empty verbiage.
  2. Cantonese
    你才高八斗，军师呢个称呼你当之无愧。
    你才高八斗，軍師呢個稱呼你當之無愧。
    nei5 coi4 gou1 baat3 dau2, gwan1 si1 ni1 go3 cing1 fu1 nei5 dong1 zi1 mou4 kwai5.
    • You're greatly talented, which makes you well-deserving of the title of strategist.
  3. Cantonese
    当之无愧
    當之無愧
    dong1 zi1 mou4 kwai5
    • to be worthy of the post
    • well-deserving of a title
  4. Cantonese
    言之无物嘅论点。
    言之無物嘅論點。
    jin4 zi1 mou4 mat6 ge3 leon6 dim2
    • A vague argument.
  5. Cantonese
    条友周之无日都迟到。
    條友周之無日都遲到。
    tiu4 jau2 zau1 zi1 mou4 jat6 dou1 ci4 dou3.
    • That guy is often late.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    当之无愧
    當之無愧
    dāng zhī wú kuì
    • to merit the reward; to be deserving
  2. Mandarin
    李嘉诚心有不甘弃20年梦想食之无味弃之可惜
    李嘉誠心有不甘棄20年夢想食之無味棄之可惜
    lǐ jiā chéng xīn yǒu bù gān qì ２０ nián mèng xiǎng shí zhī wú wèi qì zhī kě xī
    • Li Ka-shing did not wish to let go of a twenty year dream of his, he just could not bear to part with it.
  3. Mandarin
    在这四十八天中，世界人民的注视斯大林格勒，和去年十月间世界人民的注视莫斯科，其关心程度，是有过之无不及的。
    在這四十八天中，世界人民的注視斯大林格勒，和去年十月間世界人民的注視莫斯科，其關心程度，是有過之無不及的。
    zài zhè sì shí bā tiān zhōng ， shì jiè rén mín de zhù shì sī dà lín gé lè ， hé qù nián shí yuè jiān shì jiè rén mín de zhù shì mò sī kē ， qí guān xīn chéng dù ， shì yǒu guò zhī wú bù jí de ．
    • Throughout these forty-eight days, the people of the world watched Stalingrad with even greater concern than they watched Moscow last October.