字字 (zì zì) — character by character; word for word; every character
Definition
字字 means 'every character' or 'character by character' — used as an adverbial phrase (often reduplicated with 都) to emphasize that each character or word is handled individually, e.g. 字字斟酌, 字字翻译.
bound form
character by characterword for wordevery character
Examples
- 字字。Tā zì zì dì fān yì le zhè piān gǔ wén.He translated this classical Chinese text character by character.
- ，字字。Tā dú shū fēi cháng zǐ xì, zì zì dōu rèn zhēn zhēn zhuó.She reads very carefully, pondering every character.
- 字字，。Lǎo shī yāo qiú wǒ men zì zì xiě xià lái, bù néng chū cuò.The teacher asked us to write it down character by character, without errors.
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