yān​shuō

strained interpretation

Senses

燕说/ 燕說 yān​shuō strained interpretation

A far-fetched analogy or a strained interpretation of a text, referring to the story 郢书燕说 yǐng​shū​yān​shuō where a letter's accidental content was taken seriously.

燕说/ 燕說 yān​shuō Yanshuo

A Qing Dynasty book by Shi Menglan documenting the dialects of the Beijing area.

References

see 燕说/燕說 郢书燕说/郢書燕說