"讀死書" meaning in Chinese

See 讀死書 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /tu³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /tʊk̚² sei̯³⁵ syː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /tʰaʔ⁴⁻²¹ ɬi⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^((t͡s-))ly⁵³³/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /tʰaʔ⁴⁻² ɬi³³²⁻²¹ ^((t͡s-))ly⁵⁴⁴/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 读死书 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 讀死書
  1. to rigidly read a text without taking into consideration the practical application of its contents; to read a text without true understanding Synonyms: 讀死冊 [Hokkien], 读死册 [Hokkien], 死讀, 死读
    Sense id: en-讀死書-zh-verb-WlS-AYJx Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "读死书",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "讀死書",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to rigidly read a text without taking into consideration the practical application of its contents; to read a text without true understanding"
      ],
      "id": "en-讀死書-zh-verb-WlS-AYJx",
      "links": [
        [
          "read",
          "read"
        ],
        [
          "text",
          "text"
        ],
        [
          "practical",
          "practical"
        ],
        [
          "application",
          "application"
        ],
        [
          "content",
          "content"
        ],
        [
          "true",
          "true"
        ],
        [
          "understanding",
          "understanding"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "讀死冊"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "读死册"
        },
        {
          "word": "死讀"
        },
        {
          "word": "死读"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dúsǐshū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄨˊ ㄙˇ ㄕㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "duk⁶ sei² syu¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tah⁷ si³ zy¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dúsǐshū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄨˊ ㄙˇ ㄕㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dúsǐhshu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tu²-ssŭ³-shu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dú-sž-shū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dwusyyshu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dusyšu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "дусышу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "duk⁶ sei² syu¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "duhk séi syū"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "duk⁹ sei² sy¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dug⁶ séi² xu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʊk̚² sei̯³⁵ syː⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tah⁷ si³ zy¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tah⁶ si⁵ ly¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Hinghwa-Romanized"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ta̍h-sî-cṳ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰaʔ⁴⁻²¹ ɬi⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^((t͡s-))ly⁵³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tah⁷ si³ zy¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tah⁶ si⁵ ly¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰaʔ⁴⁻² ɬi³³²⁻²¹ ^((t͡s-))ly⁵⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "讀死書"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "读死书",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "讀死書",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 書",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 死",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 讀",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Puxian Min lemmas",
        "Puxian Min verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to rigidly read a text without taking into consideration the practical application of its contents; to read a text without true understanding"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "read",
          "read"
        ],
        [
          "text",
          "text"
        ],
        [
          "practical",
          "practical"
        ],
        [
          "application",
          "application"
        ],
        [
          "content",
          "content"
        ],
        [
          "true",
          "true"
        ],
        [
          "understanding",
          "understanding"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dúsǐshū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄨˊ ㄙˇ ㄕㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "duk⁶ sei² syu¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tah⁷ si³ zy¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dúsǐshū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄨˊ ㄙˇ ㄕㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dúsǐhshu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tu²-ssŭ³-shu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dú-sž-shū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dwusyyshu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dusyšu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "дусышу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "duk⁶ sei² syu¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "duhk séi syū"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "duk⁹ sei² sy¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dug⁶ séi² xu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʊk̚² sei̯³⁵ syː⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tah⁷ si³ zy¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tah⁶ si⁵ ly¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Hinghwa-Romanized"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ta̍h-sî-cṳ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰaʔ⁴⁻²¹ ɬi⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^((t͡s-))ly⁵³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tah⁷ si³ zy¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tah⁶ si⁵ ly¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰaʔ⁴⁻² ɬi³³²⁻²¹ ^((t͡s-))ly⁵⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "讀死冊"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "读死册"
    },
    {
      "word": "死讀"
    },
    {
      "word": "死读"
    }
  ],
  "word": "讀死書"
}

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