妄生穿凿
wàng​shēng​chuān​záo

to draw a forced analogy

  • created reference approved 妄生穿凿/妄生穿鑿 → 穿凿附会/穿鑿附會 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    妄生穿凿 / 妄生穿鑿 wàng​shēng​chuān​záo

    穿凿附会 / 穿鑿附會 chuān​záo​fù​huì

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 妄生穿凿/妄生穿鑿 · wàng​shēng​chuān​záo · to draw a forced analogy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    妄生穿凿 / 妄生穿鑿

    wàng​shēng​chuān​záo

    to draw a forced analogy

    to make a far-fetched or forced connection where one does not naturally exist; to jump to an unwarranted conclusion

    wàng​shēng​chuān​zuò

    妄 (literal) → 妄 · wàng · rashly 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to give rise to 穿凿 (literal) → 穿凿/穿鑿 · chuān​záo · to give a strained interpretation

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense