severity in speech and fairness in principle -- as the utterance of an upright person
It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is C í y á NQ ì zh è ng, which means that the words are strict and the meaning is just. It is the same as "strict diction and justice". It comes from the biography of sun Changqing and Chu Jianzhong in the history of Song Dynasty.
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: CI Yan Yi Zheng, CI Yan Yi Zheng
The origin of Idioms
In the history of the Song Dynasty, sun Changqing's biography of Chu Jianzhong said: "in the course of construction, he was magnanimous, but the enemy was hostile, and his words were strict and upright
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive.
severity in speech and fairness in principle -- as the utterance of an upright person
too beautiful to be absorbed all at once - měi bù shèng shōu
with steady progress from day to day and from month to month - rì jiù yuè jiāng
Fish in dry waters and hunt in burning forests - hé zé ér yú,fén lín ér liè
be too young and unable to understand how people should behave - shào bù gēng shì