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食古不化

shígǔbùhuà

ㄕˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

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

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