断章截句
duàn​zhāng​jié​jù

to take out of context

  • created reference approved 断章截句/斷章截句 → 断章取义/斷章取義 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    断章截句 / 斷章截句 duàn​zhāng​jié​jù

    断章取义 / 斷章取義 duàn​zhāng​qǔ​yì

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 断章截句/斷章截句 · duàn​zhāng​jié​jù · to take out of context — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    断章截句 / 斷章截句

    duàn​zhāng​jié​jù

    to take out of context

    To take bits and pieces of someone else's writing; to excerpt sentences or passages and rearrange them to form one's own work; to quote out of context.

    断 (literal) → 断/斷 · duàn · to cut off 章 (literal) → 章 · zhāng · chapter 截 (literal) → 截 · jié · to cut off 句 (literal) → 句 · jù · sentence

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

    created sense