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咬文嚼字

yǎo wén jiáo

Meanings

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yǎo wén jiáo
  1. 1.to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to bite on phrases and chew on characters; to pay excessive attention to wording and choice of characters; to nitpick like a grammar Nazi; to talk pedantically

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