斷章取義 [断－－义]

Jyutping dyun6 zoeng1 ceoi2 ji6
Pinyin duàn zhāng qǔ yì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to quote out of context (idiom)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    斷開​整篇文章​、​只取​其中​一部​份​句子​嘅​意​義​，​指​唔​理​全篇文章​或者​話​語​嘅​內​容​，​以偏概全​咁​引用​其中​一句​，​令​引用​與​原意​不符
    to quote or take sth out of context
    • 李登輝最近嘅訪問畀藍營斷章取義。
      李登辉最近嘅访问畀蓝营断章取义。
      lei5 dang1 fai1 zeoi3 gan6 ge3 fong2 man6 bei2 laam4 jing4 dyun6 zoeng1 ceoi2 ji6.
      The recent interview with Lee Teng-hui was quoted out of context by the Nationalist camp.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to take something out of context
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    这句话断章取义。
    這句話斷章取義。
    zhè jù huà duàn zhāng qǔ yì 。
    • This sentence isn't very interesting out of context.
  2. Mandarin
    媒体对他所说的话断章取义并发展到无法控制的地步了。
    媒體對他所說的話斷章取義並發展到無法控制的地步了。
    méi tǐ duì tā suǒ shuō de huà duàn zhāng qǔ yì bìng fā zhǎn dào wú fǎ kòng zhì de dì bù le 。
    • Just one part of what he said got picked up by the media and took on a life of its own.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    李登辉最近嘅访问畀蓝营断章取义。
    李登輝最近嘅訪問畀藍營斷章取義。
    lei5 dang1 fai1 zeoi3 gan6 ge3 fong2 man6 bei2 laam4 jing4 dyun6 zoeng1 ceoi2 ji6.
    • The recent interview with Lee Teng-hui was quoted out of context by the Nationalist camp.