"做文章" meaning in Chinese

See 做文章 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sou̯²² mɐn²¹ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 做⫽文章 [canonical]
Head templates: {{zh-verb|type=vo}} 做⫽文章 (verb-object)
  1. to write an essay; to write a composition Tags: verb-object
    Sense id: en-做文章-zh-verb-MPXuQYe3
  2. to make a big thing out of a certain matter to achieve one's own goals Tags: verb-object
    Sense id: en-做文章-zh-verb-Znau2qRO Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 大做文章 (dàzuòwénzhāng)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dàzuòwénzhāng",
      "word": "大做文章"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "做⫽文章",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "type": "vo"
      },
      "expansion": "做⫽文章 (verb-object)",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to write an essay; to write a composition"
      ],
      "id": "en-做文章-zh-verb-MPXuQYe3",
      "links": [
        [
          "write",
          "write"
        ],
        [
          "essay",
          "essay"
        ],
        [
          "composition",
          "composition"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "verb-object"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make a big thing out of a certain matter to achieve one's own goals"
      ],
      "id": "en-做文章-zh-verb-Znau2qRO",
      "links": [
        [
          "make a big thing out of",
          "make a big thing out of"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ],
        [
          "achieve",
          "achieve"
        ],
        [
          "goal",
          "goal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "verb-object"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuò wénzhāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zou⁶ man⁴ zoeng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuò wénzhāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuò wúnjhang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tso⁴ wên²-chang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzwò wén-jāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzuoh wenjang"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czo vɛnʹčžan",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзо вэньчжан"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zou⁶ man⁴ zoeng¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jouh màhn jēung"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzou⁶ man⁴ dzoeng¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zou⁶ men⁴ zêng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sou̯²² mɐn²¹ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "做文章"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 做",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 文",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 章",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "dàzuòwénzhāng",
      "word": "大做文章"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "做⫽文章",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "type": "vo"
      },
      "expansion": "做⫽文章 (verb-object)",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to write an essay; to write a composition"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "write",
          "write"
        ],
        [
          "essay",
          "essay"
        ],
        [
          "composition",
          "composition"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "verb-object"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to make a big thing out of a certain matter to achieve one's own goals"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "make a big thing out of",
          "make a big thing out of"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ],
        [
          "achieve",
          "achieve"
        ],
        [
          "goal",
          "goal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "verb-object"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuò wénzhāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zou⁶ man⁴ zoeng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuò wénzhāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuò wúnjhang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tso⁴ wên²-chang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzwò wén-jāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzuoh wenjang"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czo vɛnʹčžan",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзо вэньчжан"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zou⁶ man⁴ zoeng¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jouh màhn jēung"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzou⁶ man⁴ dzoeng¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zou⁶ men⁴ zêng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sou̯²² mɐn²¹ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "做文章"
}

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