| 望文生义 |
wàng wén shēng yì |
lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning / a far-fetched interpretation |
| 望 |
wàng |
full moon / to hope / to expect / to visit / to gaze (into the distance) / to look towards / towards |
| 望 |
wàng |
15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望 |
| 文 |
Wén |
surname Wen |
| 文 |
wén |
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 |
| 生 |
shēng |
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student |
| 义 |
Yì |
surname Yi / (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 义大利) |
| 义 |
yì |
justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship |