yin3
jing1
ju4
dian3
  1. lit. to quote the classics
  2. to quote chapter and verse (idiom)

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  • 引 (引): to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
  • 经 (經): surname Jing
  • 据 (㨿): variant of 據|据[ju4]
  • 典 (典): canon; law; standard work of scholarship; literary quotation or allusion; ceremony; to be in charge of; to mortgage or pawn

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