咬文嚼字
Traditional form:
咬文嚼字
Pinyin (reading):
yǎowénjiáozì
Definitions:
- to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
Characters:
- 咬 - to bite, to gnaw
- 文 - culture, literature, writing
- 嚼 - to prattle, to be glib
- 字 - character, letter, symbol, word
Traditional characters: