照本宣科

zhàoběnxuānkē

read item by item from the text; repeat what the book says

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repeat what the book says

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repeat what the book says

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zhao4 ben3 xuan1 ke1

a wooden word-by-word reading

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照本宣科(读)

zhào běn xuān kē

echo (repeat) what the books say; read according to the book; read item by item from the text; report a speech verbatim; go by the book

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照本宣科|照本宣科 [zhào běn xuān kē] ► a wooden word-by-word reading