Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「咬文齧字」 and how it’s used.
The featured idiom 「咬文齧字」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
Describes the act of overly considering words and sentences. It usually refers to focusing on words without paying attention to the spiritual essence. Same as “nitpicking”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǎo wén niè zì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ngaau5 man4 ngit6 ji6
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