望文生义

望文生义

wàng wén shēng yì

Lit. view a text and interpret; to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning

Traditional:

望文生義

小明遇到了一本陌生的古籍，他对其中的文字一无所知，只能望文生义地尝试理解。

Xiao Ming encountered an unfamiliar ancient book, and since he had no knowledge of the characters in it, he could only interpret them word by word without understanding the meaning.