created reference approved 食古不化 → 刻舟求剑/刻舟求劍 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
食古不化 shígǔbùhuà
刻舟求剑 / 刻舟求劍 kèzhōuqiújiàn
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created reference approved 食古不化 → 胶柱鼓瑟/膠柱鼓瑟 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
食古不化 shígǔbùhuà
胶柱鼓瑟 / 膠柱鼓瑟 jiāozhùgǔsè
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created reference approved 食古不化 → 推陈出新/推陳出新 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
食古不化 shígǔbùhuà
推陈出新 / 推陳出新 tuīchénchūxīn
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created reference approved 食古不化 → 日新又新 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
食古不化 shígǔbùhuà
日新又新 rìxīnyòuxīn
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created sense approved 食古不化 · shígǔbùhuà · to be a half-baked pedant — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
食古不化
shígǔbùhuà
to be a half-baked pedant
To swallow ancient learning without digesting it; to be pedantic by sticking to old ways without knowing how to apply them to the present.
shígǔbúhuà
食 (literal) → 食 · shí · to eat 古 (literal) → 古 · gǔ · ancient things 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 化 (literal) → 化 · huà · to digest
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