牽強附會

Chinese

		far-fetched	to make a far-fetched analogy; to add parallels and interpretations; to interpret in a strained manner
trad. (牽強附會)		牽強	附會
simp. (牵强附会)		牵强	附会

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānqiǎngfùhuì

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄑㄧㄤˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ koeng⁵ fu⁶ wui⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānqiǎngfùhuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄑㄧㄤˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cianciǎngfùhuèi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-chʻiang³-fu⁴-hui⁴
  - Yale: chyān-chyǎng-fù-hwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiancheangfuhhuey
  - Palladius: цяньцянфухуэй (cjanʹcjanfuxuej)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hin¹ koeng⁵ fu⁶ wui⁶
  - Yale: hīn kéuhng fuh wuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ koeng⁵ fu⁶ wui⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ kêng⁵ fu⁶ wui⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ kʰœːŋ¹³ fuː²² wuːi̯²²/

Idiom

牽強附會

to make a far-fetched analogy; to connect unrelated things together
- 後儒牽強附會，費盡心思，不知都是古今學不分明的緣故。 [MSC, trad.]
  后儒牵强附会，费尽心思，不知都是古今学不分明的缘故。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1904, Zeng Pu, Chapter 11 of 孽海花 [A Flower in a Sinful Sea]
  Hòu rú qiānqiángfùhuì, fèijìnxīnsī, bùzhī dōu shì gǔ jīn xué bù fēnmíng de yuángù. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Related terms

皮傅 (pífù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (牽強附會):

→ Japanese: 牽(けん)強(きょう)付(ふ)会(かい) (kenkyōfukai)
→ Korean: 견강부회(牽强附會) (gyeon'gangbuhoe)