- 囫囵吞枣
- húlúntūnzǎoswallow a date whole-lap up information without digesting it; read without understanding* * *bolt* * *bolt* * *hu2 lun2 tun1 zao3to read or lap up information without understanding (idiom)* * *囫囵吞枣hú lú tūn zǎo(比喻不加分析笼统接受) swallow dates whole -- read hastily and without thinking; gulp down without thought; lap up information without digesting it; read without understanding; swallow a date entire; swallow at a gulp without chewing* * *囫圇吞棗|囫囵吞枣 [hú lún tūn zǎo] ► to swallow in one gulp (idiom) ► (fig.) to accept without thinking ► to lap up
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.