食古不化

食古不化 shí huà ㄕˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ sik6 gu2 bat1 faa3

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

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