食古不化

shí gǔ bù huà

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Definitions

  1. 1. to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom)
  2. 2. to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject

Child Words of 食古不化

不
bù

no; not so

化
huà

to make into

古
gǔ

ancient

食
shí

to eat

食
sì

to feed (a person or animal)