Meaning of 鹦鹉学舌
鹦鹉学舌 means to parrot; to repeat others' words mechanically; to echo without thought. Pronounced yīng wǔ xué shé.
- to parrot; to repeat others' words mechanically; to echo without thought
Definitions & Examples
Tā他
zhǐ只
shì是
yīng鹦
wǔ鹉
xué学
shé舌
，
chóng重
fù复
lǎo老
bǎn板
de的
huà话
，
méi没
yǒu有
zì自
jǐ己
de的
jiàn见
jiě解
。
He merely parrots what the boss says without any original ideas of his own.
Xué学
xí习
wài外
yǔ语
bù不
néng能
yīng鹦
wǔ鹉
xué学
shé舌
，
yào要
lǐ理
jiě解
qí其
zhōng中
de的
hán含
yì义
。
When learning a foreign language, you shouldn't just parrot phrases; you need to understand their meaning.
Nà那
xiē些
píng评
lùn论
jiā家
bù不
guò过
shì是
yīng鹦
wǔ鹉
xué学
shé舌
，
hù互
xiāng相
chāo抄
xí袭
guān观
diǎn点
。
Those critics are just parroting each other, plagiarizing ideas back and forth.