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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 望文生義 [ㄨㄤˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄥ ㄧˋ; wang4 wen2 sheng1 yi4]
 lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word-by-word without understanding the meaning
 a far-fetched interpretation