引经据典
Traditional form:
引經據典
Pinyin (reading):
yǐnjīngjùdiǎn
Definitions:
- lit. to quote the classics
- to quote chapter and verse (idiom)
Characters:
- 引 - to pull, to stretch; to draw; to attract
- 经 - the classics; to experience, to undergo
- 据 - to possess, to occupy; position; base
- 典 - law, canon; scripture, classic; documentation
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