章を断ち義を取る
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |||
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章 | 断 | 義 | 取 |
しょう Grade: 3 |
た(ち) Grade: 5 |
ぎ Grade: 5 |
と(る) Grade: 3 |
on'yomi | kun'yomi | on'yomi | kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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章を斷ち義を取る (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]Calque of Literary Chinese 斷章取義 (duànzhāngqǔyì); 訓読 (Kundoku) form of 断章取義 (danshōshugi).
Idiom
[edit]章を断ち義を取る • (shō o tachi gi o toru) ←しやうをたちぎをとる (syauwotatigiwotoru)?
- quoting a passage and interpreting it without regard to its context; take out of context
Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 章 read as しょう
- Japanese terms spelled with 断 read as た
- Japanese terms spelled with 義 read as ぎ
- Japanese terms spelled with 取 read as と
- Japanese terms calqued from Literary Chinese
- Japanese terms derived from Literary Chinese
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese idioms
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 4 kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with を