| 引经据典 |
yǐn jīng jù diǎn |
lit. to quote the classics / to quote chapter and verse (idiom) |
| 引 |
yǐn |
to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters |
| 经 |
Jīng |
surname Jing |
| 经 |
jīng |
classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 经济 |
| 据 |
jù |
variant of 据 |
| 据 |
jū |
used in 拮据 |
| 据 |
jù |
variant of 据 |
| 据 |
jù |
according to / to act in accordance with / to depend on / to seize / to occupy |
| 典 |
diǎn |
canon / law / standard work of scholarship / literary quotation or allusion / ceremony / to be in charge of / to mortgage or pawn |