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上綱上線
  soeng5 gong1 soeng5 sin3   jyutping
  shang4 gang1 shang4 xian4   pinyin
apply serious and profound principles on something minor and simple

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
上綱上線 / 上纲上线

This word has been viewed 1400 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bernard on 25th Jul 2009 12:05 and last edited on 25th Jul 2009 12:08
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Characters in this word:

 soeng6 soeng5  -  upper; superior; preceding; up; on
 gong1  -  outline; guiding principle
 soeng6 soeng5  -  upper; superior; preceding; up; on
 sin3  -  thread; line
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