上綱上線

上綱上線

Chinese

			to go online; to raise an issue to a political level; to politicize
trad. (上綱上線/上綱上綫)		上綱	上線/上綫
simp. (上纲上线)		上纲	上线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shànggāngshàngxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄤ ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ gong¹ soeng⁵ sin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shànggāngshàngxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄤ ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqgangshanqshiann
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ kɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ gong¹ soeng⁵ sin³
    • Yale: séuhng gōng séuhng sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ gong¹ soeng⁵ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ gong¹ sêng⁵ xin³
    • IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ¹³ kɔːŋ⁵⁵ sœ̽ːŋ¹³ siːn³³/

Idiom

上綱上線

1. (chiefly Mainland China) to be overcritical of a small issue by raising it to the level of important issues, such as the country, politics, society, etc.

See also

• 小題大做／小题大做 (xiǎotídàzuò)