Chinese Word: 囫囵吞枣 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

to swallow in one gulp (idiom); (fig.) to accept without thinking; to lap up

1		shǒu xiān 首先， dú shū 读书 yào 要 sī kǎo 思考， bù néng 不能 hú lún tūn zǎo 囫囵吞枣。 Firstly, we need to set our mind thinking while reading and should not just read without understanding what we are reading.
2		xiǎng 想 hú lún tūn zǎo 囫囵吞枣 xiāo huà 消化 xī shōu 吸收 xīn 新 xìn xī 信息 shì 是 kùn nan 困难 de 的。 Trying to digest new information in one lump is difficult.
3		dú 读 zhè fèn 这份 cái liào 材料 yào 要 xì jiáo 细嚼 màn 慢 yàn 咽， bù néng 不能 hú lún tūn zǎo 囫囵吞枣。 You must read the texts carefully, and not gloss over them without properly digesting them.
4		nǐ 你 bù néng 不能 yī gè 一个 wǎn shang 晚上 hú lún tūn zǎo 囫囵吞枣 shì 式 de 地 dú wán 读完 nà 那 běn shū 本书。 You can't swallow the idea in that book overnight.
5		yǒu xiē 有些 xué sheng 学生 yī 一 jiē chù 接触 xìn xī 信息 jiù 就 hú lún tūn zǎo 囫囵吞枣 de 地 mǎ shàng 马上 xī shōu 吸收。 Some students gobble up information as fast as they receive it.

1		shǒu xiān 首先， dú shū 读书 yào 要 sī kǎo 思考， bù néng 不能 hú lún tūn zǎo 囫囵吞枣。 Firstly, we need to set our mind thinking while reading and should not just read without understanding what we are reading.
2		xiǎng 想 hú lún tūn zǎo 囫囵吞枣 xiāo huà 消化 xī shōu 吸收 xīn 新 xìn xī 信息 shì 是 kùn nan 困难 de 的。 Trying to digest new information in one lump is difficult.
3		dú 读 zhè fèn 这份 cái liào 材料 yào 要 xì jiáo 细嚼 màn 慢 yàn 咽， bù néng 不能 hú lún tūn zǎo 囫囵吞枣。 You must read the texts carefully, and not gloss over them without properly digesting them.
4		nǐ 你 bù néng 不能 yī gè 一个 wǎn shang 晚上 hú lún tūn zǎo 囫囵吞枣 shì 式 de 地 dú wán 读完 nà 那 běn shū 本书。 You can't swallow the idea in that book overnight.
5		yǒu xiē 有些 xué sheng 学生 yī 一 jiē chù 接触 xìn xī 信息 jiù 就 hú lún tūn zǎo 囫囵吞枣 de 地 mǎ shàng 马上 xī shōu 吸收。 Some students gobble up information as fast as they receive it.