(idiom) to make far-fetched claims; to offer outlandish explanations
trad. 穿鑿附會
Also written 穿鑿附會【chuān záo fù huì】
Characters in this word
4穿
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
(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
附
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
variant of 附[fu4]
- Pinyin
- fù
- Traditional
- 坿
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 24500 of 2500
会
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
can; to have the skill; to know how to, to be likely to; to be sure to, to meet; to get together, meeting; gathering, (suffix) union; group; association, (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
- Pinyin
- huì
- Traditional
- 會
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 31 of 2500