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引经据典

yǐn jīng jù diǎn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 引經據典

引经据典 (yǐn jīng jù diǎn) means "lit. to quote the classics; to quote chapter and verse (idiom)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 引经据典 means

1. lit. to quote the classics
2. to quote chapter and verse (idiom)

The characters in 引经据典

• 引yǐnto draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth
• 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture
• 据jùaccording to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 典diǎncanon; law; standard work of scholarship

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