牽強附會

Chinese

		far-fetched	to make a far-fetched analogy; to add parallels and interpretations; to interpret in a strained manner
trad. (牽強附會)		牽強	附會
simp. (牵强附会)		牵强	附会

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānqiǎngfùhuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄤˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ koeng⁵ fu⁶ wui⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānqiǎngfùhuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄤˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianciǎngfùhuèi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-chʻiang³-fu⁴-hui⁴
    • Yale: chyān-chyǎng-fù-hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiancheangfuhhuey
    • Palladius: цяньцянфухуэй (cjanʹcjanfuxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin¹ koeng⁵ fu⁶ wui⁶
    • Yale: hīn kéuhng fuh wuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ koeng⁵ fu⁶ wui⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ kêng⁵ fu⁶ wui⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ kʰœːŋ¹³ fuː²² wuːi̯²²/

Idiom

牽強附會

1. to make a far-fetched analogy; to connect unrelated things together

   • 後儒牽強附會，費盡心思，不知都是古今學不分明的緣故。 [MSC, trad.]
     后儒牵强附会，费尽心思，不知都是古今学不分明的缘故。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1904, Zeng Pu, Chapter 11 of 孽海花 [A Flower in a Sinful Sea]

     Hòu rú qiānqiángfùhuì, fèijìnxīnsī, bùzhī dōu shì gǔ jīn xué bù fēnmíng de yuángù. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Related terms

• 皮傅 (pífù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (牽強附會):

• → Japanese: 牽(けん)強(きょう)付(ふ)会(かい) (kenkyōfukai)
• → Korean: 견강부회(牽强附會) (gyeon'gangbuhoe)