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逐字逐句

zhúzìzhújù
idiom #45,024

Meanings

  1. 1 word by word and sentence by sentence
  2. 2 literally; verbatim

Examples

老师要求我们逐字逐句地翻译这段古文。
Lǎoshī yāoqiú wǒmen zhúzìzhújù de fānyì zhè duàn gǔwén.
The teacher asked us to translate this classical passage word by word.
他逐字逐句地核对了合同。
Tā zhúzìzhújù de héduì le hétong.
He checked the contract word by word and line by line.
读诗不能只逐字逐句，还要体会整体的意境。
Dú shī bùnéng zhǐ zhúzìzhújù, hái yào tǐhuì zhěngtǐ de yìjìng.
Reading poetry can't be only word-by-word — you also have to feel the overall mood.

Tips

usage
Almost always adverbial (+地): 逐字逐句地翻译/核对/背诵. Signals painstaking, literal attention — often with a slight hint that the reader is missing the bigger picture.

Stroke Order

逐 zhú
字 zì
句 jù