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囫圇吞棗

简囫囵吞枣 · 繁囫圇吞棗

Mandarin · pinyin hú lún tūn zǎo

to swallow in one gulp (idiom)
(fig.) to accept without thinking
to lap up

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囫: hú · entire, whole
圇: Look up this written character
吞: tūn · swallow; absorb, annex, engulf
棗: Look up this written character
囵: lún · all, complete, entire
枣: zǎo · date tree; dates, jujubes; surname

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2–2–1–3 · hu2 lun2 tun1 zao3

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fat1 leon4 tan1 zou2

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(figurative) to accept without thinking; to read without understanding

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