咬文嚼字 in English yao3 wen2 jiao2 zi4 Meaning

Meanings

• to bite words and chew characters (idiomatic expression); punctilious about minutiae of wording

Pinyin

yao3 wen2 jiao2 zi4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

咬yao3to bite 文wen2surname Wen 嚼jue2to chew 字zi4letter