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咬文嚼字

咬文嚼字 yǎo wén jiáo zì to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
咬 yǎo to bite / to nip
咬 yǎo variant of 咬
 文 Wén surname Wen
 文 wén language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
  嚼 jiáo to chew / also pr. [jue2]
  嚼 jiào used in 倒嚼
   字 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
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