a forced analogy (idiom); to jump to an unwarranted conclusion
trad. 妄生穿鑿
Also written 妄生穿鑿【wàng shēng chuān záo】
Characters in this word
4妄
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absurd, fantastic, presumptuous, rash
- Pinyin
- wàng
- Strokes
- 6
生
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to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born, to arise; to occur, to light (a fire), to live; to be alive, life, raw; uncooked; unprocessed, unfamiliar; strange, (bound form) student; person engaged in a field, (bound form) male role in traditional opera, (bound form) life; lifetime, (bound form) means of livelihood, (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]), (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- Pinyin
- shēng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1196 of 2500
穿
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to bore through; to pierce; to perforate, to go through (e.g. a tunnel); to cross (e.g. a street), to thread; to string together, to wear; to put on (clothes, shoes etc.), verb complement indicating thoroughness or completion
- Pinyin
- chuān
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 414 of 2500
凿
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(bound form) chisel, to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig, (literary) certain; authentic; irrefutable, also pr. [zuo4]
- Pinyin
- záo
- Traditional
- 鑿
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 40058 of 2500