咬文嚼字 yǎowénjiáozì to be punctilious about wording Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 咬文嚼字 yǎowénjiáozì to be punctilious about wording to weigh every word; to polish one's writing or speech to an excessive or pedantic degree to be pedantic to be overly literal or dogmatic in interpreting a text, often missing the broader spirit; to be inflexible to show off one's learning to use obscure words or an affected manner of speaking to flaunt one's erudition Frequency Written text 0.361 per million Cross-References Synonym 句斟字酌 jùzhēnzìzhuó掉书袋 diàoshūdài Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
咬文嚼字 yǎowénjiáozì to be punctilious about wording to weigh every word; to polish one's writing or speech to an excessive or pedantic degree to be pedantic to be overly literal or dogmatic in interpreting a text, often missing the broader spirit; to be inflexible to show off one's learning to use obscure words or an affected manner of speaking to flaunt one's erudition Frequency Written text 0.361 per million Cross-References Synonym 句斟字酌 jùzhēnzìzhuó掉书袋 diàoshūdài Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
