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咬文嚼字

ngaau5 man4 zoek3 zi6

yao3 wen2 jiao2 zi4

to pay excessive attention to wording.
(lit. to bite into the literature and chew over the characters)

Level: 3

咬文嚼字

咬 ngaau5 au5 yao3 ao1 jiao1 jiao2 - bite; gnaw
文 man4 man4*2 man1 man6 wen2 - language; culture; dollar
嚼 zoek3 zoek6 ziu6 jiao2 jue2 - masticate; chew; munch
字 zi6 zi4 zi5 - word; glyph

This word was added by Steph_fr on 18th Jun 2007 and last edited on 20th Jun 2007

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