shàng gāng shàng xiàn

Traditional: 上綱上線

上纲上线 (shàng gāng shàng xiàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to make a mountain out of a molehill”.

Meanings

  1. 1to make a mountain out of a molehill

Characters in 上纲上线

上shǎng · used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]纲gāng · head rope of a fishing net上shǎng · used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]线xiàn · thread

Related words

上used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]上(bound form) up; upper; above; previous上帝God马上at once晚上evening身上on the body看上去it would appear事实上in fact上面on top of早上early morning实际上in fact线thread

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