严格来说

Traditional form:

嚴格來說

Pinyin (reading):

yángéláishuō

Definitions:

• strictly speaking

Characters:

• 严 - strict, rigorous, rigid; stern
• 格 - form, pattern, standard
• 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
• 说 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid

Traditional characters:

• 嚴 - strict, rigorous, rigid; stern
• 格 - form, pattern, standard
• 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
• 說 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid