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望文生义

wàngwénshēngyì

lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the m…

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning

02

a far-fetched interpretation

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 望文生义 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 望文生义 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

你的理解有点望文生义了。nǐ de lǐ jiě yǒu diǎn wàng wén shēng yì le。

Your interpretation is based merely on the surface meaning.

不论一名一物，都要有切实证据，才许你下论断，不能望文生义。bù lùn yī míng yī wù， dōu yào yǒu qiè shí zhèng jù， cái xǔ nǐ xià lùn duàn， bù néng wàng wén shēng yì。

No published English translation for this sentence.

中文母语者熟知每个汉字的基本含义。因此，即使是没有见过的词汇，也能猜测出大概意思。但是有时候也会有望文生义的情况，自认为认识这个词，实则什么都不了解。zhōng wén mǔ yǔ zhě shú zhī měi gè hàn zì de jī běn hán yì。 yīn cǐ， jí shǐ shì méi yǒu jiàn guò de cí huì， yě néng cāi cè chū dà gài yì si。 dàn shì yǒu shí hòu yě huì yǒu wàng wén shēng yì de qíng kuàng， zì rèn wéi rèn shí zhè ge cí， shí zé shén me dōu bù liǎo jiě。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 望文生义.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 望文生义.

Directly before

  • 有望文生义1
  • 有点望文生义1
  • 不能望文生义1

Directly after

  • 望文生义的1
  • 望文生义了1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 望文生义

What does 望文生义 mean in Chinese?

望文生义 (wàngwénshēngyì) means lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the m….

How do you pronounce 望文生义?

望文生义 is pronounced wàngwénshēngyì.

Is 望文生义 an HSK word?

望文生义 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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