断章摘句
duàn​zhāng​zhāi​jù

to quote out of context

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

    断章摘句 / 斷章摘句 duàn​zhāng​zhāi​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 断章摘句/斷章摘句 · duàn​zhāng​zhāi​jù · to quote out of context — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    断章摘句 / 斷章摘句

    duàn​zhāng​zhāi​jù

    to quote out of context

    to quote isolated passages or lift sentences out of context; to fragment others' work to create a new composition

    断 (literal) → 断/斷 · duàn · to break 章 (literal) → 章 · zhāng · chapter 摘 (literal) → 摘 · zhāi · to extract 句 (literal) → 句 · jù · sentence

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

    created sense