word by word and sentence by sentence; word for word; literally ❍ 你还用～讲解课文的方法吗？ Do you still explain the text word by word and sentence by sentence?/我们的老师不赞成这种～的翻译。Our teacher doesn’t approve of such kind of literal translation.
逐字逐句zhú zì zhú jù
形容一个字一个字、一句接一句地解释。word for word, word by word and sentence by sentence, literally