不求甚解
Chinese
edit| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (不求甚解) | 不 | 求 | 甚 | 解 | |
| simp. #(不求甚解) | 不 | 求 | 甚 | 解 | |
| Literally: “not requiring a detailed understanding”. | |||||
Etymology
editOriginally means "to put emphasis on comprehending argumentation instead of words".
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùcióushènjiě
- Wade–Giles: pu4-chʻiu2-shên4-chieh3
- Yale: bù-chyóu-shèn-jyě
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buchyoushennjiee
- Palladius: буцюшэньцзе (bucjušɛnʹcze)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 kau4 sam6 gaai2
- Yale: bāt kàuh sahm gáai
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 kau4 sam6 gaai2
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 keo4 sem6 gai2
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹ sɐm²² kaːi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: pjuw|pjuwX|pjut gjuw dzyimX|dzyimH keaX
Idiom
edit不求甚解
- to not seek deep understanding; to read or know things on a superficial level
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