To swallow jujube

To swallow jujube

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ú L ú NT ū NZ ǎ o, which means to swallow the whole jujube without chewing it carefully. It is often compared with eating without digesting and without analysis. From the book of reply to Xu Shunzhi.

Analysis of Idioms

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The origin of Idioms

Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty wrote in his book a reply to Xu Shunzhi: "it's just like a Uighur swallowing jujube that we should always talk about the essence and the end first."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, object and adverbial.