囫囵吞枣 — Chinese idiom
囫囵吞枣
hú lún tūn zǎo
Traditional: 囫圇吞棗
Meaning
- to swallow in one gulp
- (fig.) to accept without thinking
- to lap up
Character by character
- 囫húentire, whole
- 囵lúnall, complete, entire
- 吞tūnto absorb, to annex; to engulf; to swallow
- 枣zǎodate tree; dates, jujubes; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 吞吞吐吐 tūn tūn tǔ tǔ
- 吞云吐雾 tūn yún tǔ wù
- 忍气吞声 rěn qì tūn shēng
- 狼吞虎咽 láng tūn hǔ yàn
- 生吞活剥 shēng tūn huó bō
- 蚕食鲸吞 cán shí jīng tūn
- 饮恨吞声 yǐn hèn tūn shēng
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