旁征博引
páng​zhēng​bó​yǐn

to quote copiously

  • created sense approved 旁征博引/旁徵博引 · páng​zhēng​bó​yǐn · to quote copiously — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    旁征博引 / 旁徵博引

    páng​zhēng​bó​yǐn

    to quote copiously

    to cite a wide range of sources and evidence extensively; to quote copiously from many materials to support an argument

    旁 (literal) → 旁 · páng · extensive 征 (literal) → 征/徵 · zhēng · to prove 博引 (literal) → 博引 · bó​yǐn · to quote copiously

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

    created sense