[Chinese] 断章取义 (duàn zhāng qǔ yì) - To quote a small portion of something out of context, interp...

[Chinese] 断章取义 (duàn zhāng qǔ yì) - To quote a small portion of something out of context, interpreting it while disregarding the author’s original intentions

Author Summary

Curious_Cilantro is in Chinese

Post Body

断: to break up

章: paragraph, text

取: draw, retrieve

义: meaning

The phrase first appeared in the ancient historical book Zuo Zhuan, written around the 4th century BC.

Author

Account Strength

100%

Account Age

6 years

Verified Email

Yes

Verified Flair

Total Karma

44,656

Link Karma

37,509

Comment Karma

6,814

Profile updated: 2 days ago

Posts updated: 9 months ago

Curious_Cilantro

Subreddit

r/DoesNotTranslate

Post Details

Location

Chinese

We try to extract some basic information from the post title. This is not always successful or accurate, please use your best judgement and compare these values to the post title and body for confirmation.

Posted: 2 years ago
Reddit URL: View post on reddit.com
External URL: reddit.com/r/DoesNotTran...