望文生义 in English wang4 wen2 sheng1 yi4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) view a text and interpret (idiomatic expression); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning
  • a far-fand so onhed interpretation

Simplified Characters

望 文 生 义

Traditional Characters

望 文 生 義

Pinyin

wang4 wen2 sheng1 yi4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

望wang4full moon 文wen2surname Wen 生sheng1to be born 义yi4surname Yi