穿鑿附會

Chinese

		to dig; to open up; to give an implausible and far-fetched interpretation	to make a far-fetched analogy; to add parallels and interpretations; to interpret in a strained manner
trad. (穿鑿附會)		穿鑿	附會
simp. (穿凿附会)		穿凿	附会

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuānzáofùhuì, chuānzuòfùhuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢ ㄗㄠˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ, ㄔㄨㄢ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun¹ zok⁶ fu⁶ wui⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuānzáofùhuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ ㄗㄠˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuanzáofùhuèi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan¹-tsao²-fu⁴-hui⁴
    • Yale: chwān-dzáu-fù-hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuantzaurfuhhuey
    • Palladius: чуаньцзаофухуэй (čuanʹczaofuxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯³⁵ fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuānzuòfùhuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuanzuòfùhuèi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan¹-tso⁴-fu⁴-hui⁴
    • Yale: chwān-dzwò-fù-hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuantzuohfuhhuey
    • Palladius: чуаньцзофухуэй (čuanʹczofuxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun¹ zok⁶ fu⁶ wui⁶
    • Yale: chyūn johk fuh wuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn¹ dzok⁹ fu⁶ wui⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun¹ zog⁶ fu⁶ wui⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ t͡sɔːk̚² fuː²² wuːi̯²²/

Idiom

穿鑿附會

1. to give an implausible explanation and draw far-fetched analogies