yǐn jīng jù diǎndictionary entry
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lit. to quote the classics / to quote chapter and verse (idiom)
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引經據典 引经据典 [yin3 jing1 ju4 dian3] /lit. to quote the classics/to quote chapter and verse (idiom)/

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