It's hard to swallow

To swallow up dates

The synonym "Hun Fu swallow jujube" generally refers to "Hun Lun swallow jujube". Its pronunciation is "H ú NL ú NT ū NZ ǎ o", which is a Chinese idiom, swallowing jujube as a whole. Metaphor is generally accepted, without analysis, without food. From Zhu Zi Yu Lei.

Idiom explanation

[explanation]: swallow the dates whole. Metaphor is generally accepted, without analysis, without food.

Idioms and allusions

Source: Zhu Zi Yu Lei, Vol. 1-24: "there are several chapters and sentences that scholars understand today, but they are just muddling through."

Discrimination of words

Usage: used as predicate, object and adverbial; used to describe careless reading