know sth. thoroughly by heart(dào bèi rú liú)

know sth. thoroughly by heart

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d à ob è IR ú Li ú, which means to recite a book or an article upside down, fluent as flowing water; it describes reciting very skillfully and remembering very well. From the diary of the Soviet Union, June 27.

Idiom explanation

Recite: recite.

The origin of Idioms

Guo Moruo's Diary of the Soviet Union on June 27: "she seems to have read the English part of the explanatory pamphlet backwards."

Analysis of Idioms

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Idiom usage

Subject predicate; predicate; multi finger recitation. (1) it is said that Wang Ming's Das Kapital can recite even the page numbers, which is difficult for ordinary people to understand. (2) at the age of 12, Ba Jin was able to recite several books and recite Guwen Guanzhi. Ba Jin himself once said with great feeling: "these more than 200 ancient essays can be said to be my real enlightenment master. I later wrote more than 20 essays, which are very related to this enlightenment master." Mao Dun can recite any chapter in a dream of Red Mansions. Guo Moruo and Lu Xun's amazing "back work" makes the world marvel. In the works of Taiwan writer Sanmao, there are many ancient poems that you can admire and quote at any time. Why don't they come from her memorized content? Thus, Chinese learning has its own characteristics, one of which is "rote learning" and mechanical memorization. Without the accumulation of wealth, there will be no eloquent expression. (3) in the romance of the Three Kingdoms, one allusion can be recited, and one hero can be treasured. (4) a hundred schools of thought are recited like a stream, and historical allusions are readily available. (5) I'm free to travel around the famous places of interest at home and abroad, sing a hundred karaoke songs, recite Hotel recipes and master mahjong dice (6) the local old boatmen can recite these dangerous areas from generation to generation.

Chinese PinYin : dào bèi rú liú