咬文嚼字

yǎo wén jiáo zì

Meaning

to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording

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Characters

咬yǎoto bite, to gnaw口交文wénculture, literature, writing亠乂嚼juéto prattle, to be glib口爵字zìcharacter, letter, symbol, word宀子