食古不化
食古不化
shí gǔ bù huà
to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom); to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject
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- (verb, idiom) to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom)
- to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject
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