Meaning of 生吞活剥
生吞活剥 means to swallow whole; to accept uncritically; to copy mechanically without understanding. Pronounced shēng tūn huó bō.
- to swallow whole; to accept uncritically; to copy mechanically without understanding
Definitions & Examples
Xué学
xí习
wài外
guó国
jīng经
yàn验
bù不
néng能
shēng生
tūn吞
huó活
bō剥
，
yào要
jié结
hé合
běn本
guó国
shí实
jì际
。
We cannot swallow foreign experiences whole; we must integrate them with our actual national conditions.
Tā他
duì对
zhè这
běn本
shū书
de的
nèi内
róng容
zhǐ只
shì是
shēng生
tūn吞
huó活
bō剥
de地
jì记
zhù住
le了
yī一
xiē些
gài概
niàn念
，
bìng并
méi没
yǒu有
zhēn真
zhèng正
lǐ理
jiě解
。
He merely memorized some concepts from the book mechanically without truly understanding them.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
shēng生
tūn吞
huó活
bō剥
de的
zhào照
bān搬
fāng方
shì式
，
dǎo导
zhì致
le了
yán严
zhòng重
de的
shī失
wù误
。
This method of unthinking imitation led to serious mistakes.