照本宣科 zhàoběnxuānkē to parrot a text Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 照本宣科 zhàoběnxuānkē to parrot a text verb To read aloud from a script or text word-for-word in a mechanical or lifeless way; describes someone who lacks the ability to explain things flexibly or add their own insights. 最优秀的老师是从心里教书，而不是照本宣科。 zuì yōuxiù de lǎoshī shì cóng xīnli jiāo shū, ér bùshì zhàoběnxuānkē. The best teachers teach from the heart, not from a book. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.360 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.337 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
照本宣科 zhàoběnxuānkē to parrot a text verb To read aloud from a script or text word-for-word in a mechanical or lifeless way; describes someone who lacks the ability to explain things flexibly or add their own insights. 最优秀的老师是从心里教书，而不是照本宣科。 zuì yōuxiù de lǎoshī shì cóng xīnli jiāo shū, ér bùshì zhàoběnxuānkē. The best teachers teach from the heart, not from a book. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.360 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.337 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
