created sense approved 上纲上线/上綱上線 · shànggāngshàngxiàn · to elevate to the level of principle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
上纲上线 / 上綱上線
shànggāngshàngxiàn
to elevate to the level of principle
to criticize an action by framing it as a matter of political principle or ideological line struggle (PRC political jargon)
上纲 (literal) → 上纲/上綱 · shànggāng · to raise to a matter of principle 上线 (literal) → 上线/上線 · shàngxiàn · to treat as political
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created sense approved 上纲上线/上綱上線 · shànggāngshàngxiàn · to make a mountain out of a molehill — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
上纲上线 / 上綱上線
shànggāngshàngxiàn
to make a mountain out of a molehill
to treat a minor issue as a matter of high principle; to blow things out of proportion by applying excessive ideological or moral weight to a small mistake
上纲 (literal) → 上纲/上綱 · shànggāng · to raise to a matter of principle 上线 (literal) → 上线/上線 · shàngxiàn · to treat as political
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition