不求甚解

Chinese

		not; no	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	very; extremely; more (than) very; extremely; more (than); what	to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort
simp. and trad. (不求甚解)		不	求	甚	解
Literally: “not requiring a detailed understanding”.

Etymology

好讀書，不求甚解，每有會意，便欣然忘食。 [MSC, trad.]
好读书，不求甚解，每有会意，便欣然忘食。 [MSC, simp.]

From: 五柳先生傳

Hào dúshū, bùqiúshènjiě, měi yǒu huìyì, biàn xīnrán wàng shí. [Pinyin]

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Originally means "to put emphasis on comprehending argumentation instead of words".

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùqiúshènjiě

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ kau⁴ sam⁶ gaai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùqiúshènjiě
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu4chyoushennjiie
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ kau⁴ sam⁶ gaai²
  - Yale: bāt kàuh sahm gáai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ kau⁴ sam⁶ gaai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ keo⁴ sem⁶ gai²
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹ sɐm²² kɑːi̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /pɨu|pɨu^X|pɨut̚ ɡɨu d͡ʑiɪm^X|d͡ʑiɪm^H kˠɛ^X/▼

Rime
Character	不	不	不	求	甚	甚	解
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1	1/2	2/2	2/4
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	群 (30)	常 (25)	常 (25)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)	物 (60)	尤 (136)	侵 (139)	侵 (139)	佳 (31)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III	III	III	II
Fanqie	甫鳩切	方久切	分勿切	巨鳩切	常枕切	時鴆切	佳買切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨu/	/pɨu^X/	/pɨut̚/	/ɡɨu/	/d͡ʑiɪm^X/	/d͡ʑiɪm^H/	/kˠɛ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/piu/	/piu^X/	/piut̚/	/ɡiu/	/d͡ʑim^X/	/d͡ʑim^H/	/kᵚæ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/piəu/	/piəu^X/	/piuət̚/	/ɡiəu/	/d͡ʑjem^X/	/d͡ʑjem^H/	/kæi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puw/	/puw^X/	/put̚/	/guw/	/d͡ʑim^X/	/d͡ʑim^H/	/kaɨj^X/
Li Rong	/piu/	/piu^X/	/piuət̚/	/ɡiu/	/ʑiəm^X/	/ʑiəm^H/	/kɛ^X/
Wang Li	/pĭəu/	/pĭəu^X/	/pĭuət̚/	/ɡĭəu/	/ʑĭĕm^X/	/ʑĭĕm^H/	/kai^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ə̯u/	/pi̯ə̯u^X/	/pi̯uət̚/	/gi̯ə̯u/	/ʑi̯əm^X/	/ʑi̯əm^H/	/kai^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fōu	fǒu	fu	qiú	shèn	shèn	jiǎ

Idiom

不求甚解

to not seek deep understanding; to read or know things on a superficial level

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