引经据典 — Chinese idiom
引经据典
yǐn jīng jù diǎn
Traditional: 引經據典
Meaning
- lit. to quote the classics
- to quote chapter and verse
Character by character
- 引yǐnto pull, to stretch; to draw; to attract
- 经jīngthe classics; to experience, to undergo
- 据jùto possess, to occupy; position; base
- 典diǎnlaw, canon; scripture, classic; documentation
Idioms sharing a character
- 引以为傲 yǐn yǐ wéi ào
- 引以为憾 yǐn yǐ wéi hàn
- 引以为戒 yǐn yǐ wéi jiè
- 引以为荣 yǐn yǐ wéi róng
- 引吭高歌 yǐn háng gāo gē
- 引水入墙 yǐn shuǐ rù qiáng
- 引狗入寨 yǐn gǒu rù zhài
- 引狼入室 yǐn láng rù shì
- 引玉之砖 yǐn yù zhī zhuān
- 引蛇出洞 yǐn shé chū dòng
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