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Traditional (switch to Simplified)

食古不化

shí gǔ bù huà

Definition

  1. to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom)
  2. to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject

Character Decomposition

食
=
亽
+
艮
古
=
十
+
口
不
=
丆
+
卜
化
=
亻
+
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