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望文生义 (望文生義)

wàng wén shēng yì

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

望
=
肓
+
王
文
=
亠
+
乂
生
=
？
+
？
义
=
乂
+
？

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