hú lún tūn zǎo

Traditional: 囫圇吞棗

囫囵吞枣 (hú lún tūn zǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “to swallow in one gulp (idiom); (fig.) to accept without thinking; to lap up”.

Meanings

  1. 1to swallow in one gulp (idiom)
  2. 2(fig.) to accept without thinking
  3. 3to lap up

Characters in 囫囵吞枣

囫hú · used in 囫圇|囫囵[hu2 lun2]囵lún · used in 囫圇|囫囵[hu2 lun2]吞tūn · to swallow枣zǎo · (bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)

Related words

吞to swallow吞噬to swallow生吞活剥to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically独吞to hog狼吞虎咽to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously吞并to annex忍气吞声to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence吞没to embezzle吞咽to swallow吞食to devour慢吞吞very slow吞吞吐吐to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth

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