unable to profit from what one has read
It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ú D ú f ù sh ū, which means that people only know how to read without using knowledge. It comes from the biography of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru in historical records.
Idiom usage
I'd like to ask the king not to send me if I don't know how to change my mind. The 98th chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong in Ming Dynasty
The origin of Idioms
In the biography of Lin Xiangru in historical records: "kuituo can read his father's book, but he doesn't know how to change."
unable to profit from what one has read
the truth about a person or a matter - lú shān zhēn miàn
hovering between life and death - yī fó chū shì,èr fó shēng tiān
logical , coherent , presentable , readable , etc. without the need for a draft - xià bǐ chéng zhāng
said of having sexual intercourse - wū shān yún yǔ
make amends for previous faults by some good services - jì gōng bǔ guò