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牵强附会

牽強附會
qiānqiǎngfùhuì
idiom #46,466

Meanings

  1. 1 a forced and far-fetched interpretation
  2. 2 to stretch a point
  3. 3 to pull unrelated things together

Examples

这种解释太牵强附会了。
Zhè zhǒng jiěshì tài qiānqiǎng fùhuì le.
That interpretation is a real stretch.
不要把毫无关系的事牵强附会在一起。
Bùyào bǎ háowú guānxi de shì qiānqiǎng fùhuì zài yīqǐ.
Don't force unrelated things into the same frame.

Tips

mistakes
强 here is read qiǎng (to force), not qiáng (strong) or jiàng (stubborn). The tone changes the meaning.
usage
Strongly negative. Commonly applied to sloppy reasoning, pseudo-science, bad literary criticism, or legal arguments that don't hold up.

Stroke Order

牵 qiān
强 qiáng
附 fù
会 huì