生吞活剥 shēngtūnhuóbō to swallow alive Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 生吞活剥 生吞活剝 shēngtūnhuóbō to swallow alive To swallow a thing alive; to devour a living creature whole. to apply uncritically To rigidly copy or uncritically accept others' ideas, methods, or writing without fully understanding or adapting them. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.04 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.162 per million Cross-References Synonym 囫囵吞枣 húlúntūnzǎoSame as 活剥生吞 huóbōshēngtūn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
生吞活剥 生吞活剝 shēngtūnhuóbō to swallow alive To swallow a thing alive; to devour a living creature whole. to apply uncritically To rigidly copy or uncritically accept others' ideas, methods, or writing without fully understanding or adapting them. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.04 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.162 per million Cross-References Synonym 囫囵吞枣 húlúntūnzǎoSame as 活剥生吞 huóbōshēngtūn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
