dú gǔ wén shí / lǎo shī / tí xǐng wǒ men / yào / bù yǐ cí hài zhì / xiān / bǎ wò / wén zhāng / de / zhǔ zhǐ

读古文时，老师提醒我们要不以词害志，先把握文章的主旨。

When reading classical Chinese, the teacher reminded us not to let the wording obscure the meaning and to grasp the main idea first.