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照本宣科
zhào​běn​xuān​kē

to parrot a text

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 照 zhào preposition
    according to
    according to; in accordance with; to act following a certain pattern or standard
  2. 本 běn noun
    book
    book; volume; notebook; edition of a text
  3. 宣科 xuān​kē verb
    to chant
    (bound form) to read aloud or chant liturgical texts or rules; used in the idiom 照本宣科 zhào​běn​xuān​kē to describe reading something exactly from a script