read without understanding(shí ér bù huà)

read without understanding

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh í é RB ù Hu à, which means eating without digesting; metaphor to understand the knowledge is not deep, not absorbed into their own things. It's from notes of Yuewei thatched cottage - Gu wanting (6).

The origin of Idioms

Ji Yun's notes of Yuewei thatched cottage - guwanting (6) in the Qing Dynasty: "however, reading is based on reason, and reason is used. Eating without digesting will cause endless harm

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] eat the ancient but not the modern [antonym] be well versed in

Idiom usage

It's more formal; it's predicate and attribute; it's derogatory. examples if you study books and do not combine them with practice, you will eat but not melt, and you will not be able to solve practical problems. What's more, since childhood, students have been eating without digesting, which has destroyed their energy and interest in vain. Preface to classic talks by Zhu Ziqing

Chinese PinYin : shí ér bù huà