囫圇吞棗

Chinese

		complete; whole	to swallow; to take	jujube
trad. (囫圇吞棗)		囫圇	吞	棗
simp. (囫囵吞枣)		囫囵	吞	枣
Literally: “to swallow a jujube in one gulp”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): húlúntūnzǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄊㄨㄣㄗㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fat¹ leon⁴ tan¹ zou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: húlúntūnzǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄊㄨㄣㄗㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwuluentuentzao
  - IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ lu̯ən³⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: húlúntūnzǎor
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄊㄨㄣㄗㄠˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwuluentuentzaol
  - IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ lu̯ən³⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵ t͡saʊɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fat¹ leon⁴ tan¹ zou²
  - Yale: fāt lèuhn tān jóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁷ loen⁴ tan¹ dzou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fed¹ lên⁴ ten¹ zou²
  - IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚⁵ lɵn²¹ tʰɐn⁵⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/

Idiom

囫圇吞棗

(figuratively) to accept without thinking; to read without understanding

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