Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「執文害意」 for your learning.
Today, we explore the idiom 「執文害意」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
It means to stick to the literal meaning at the expense of the content.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhí wén hài yì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jap1 man4 hoi6 yi3
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