望文生义

wàngwénshēngyì

misinterpret words through taking them too literally

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interpret without real understanding

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interpret without real understanding

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wàng wén shēng yì

take the words too literally

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wang4 wen2 sheng1 yi4

lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word-by-word without understanding the meaning, a far-fetched interpretation

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望文生义

wàng wén shēng yì

take the words too literally; catch (strain) the meaning of words literally from the context; interpret without real understanding; read the writing and understand its meaning:

学习外国语切莫望文生义。 Don't interpret it without real understanding when you study a foreign language.

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望文生義|望文生义 [wàng wén shēng yì] ► lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word-by-word without understanding the meaning ► a far-fetched interpretation