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上綱上線 (soeng5 gong1 soeng5 sin3) — apply serious and profound principles on something minor and simple in Cantonese

soengˏ₅上gongˉ¹綱soengˏ₅上sin˗₃線
简 上纲上线
Mandarin Pinyin: shang4 gang1 shang4 xian4

Meaning of 上綱上線

nounapply serious and profound principles on something minor and simple

Characters in 上綱上線

上soeng6
preceding; previous; last
綱gong1
headrope of a fishing net
線sin3
Please refer to its variant 綫 for detail.

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