食古不化

sik6 gu2 bat1 faa3

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

Meanings

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

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