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生吞活剝

简 生吞活剥 · 繁 生吞活剝
Mandarin · pinyin shēng tūn huó bō

Meanings

  1. to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
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Characters in this entry

生
shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
吞
tūn · swallow; absorb, annex, engulf
活
huó · live, exist, survive; lively
剝
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剥
bō · peel
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Mandarin tones

1–1–2–1 · sheng1 tun1 huo2 bo1

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 2 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

sang1 tan1 wut6 mok1

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to skin and eat … alive
  2. (figuratively) to apply uncritically; to use without real understanding

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