apply mechanically

apply mechanically

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ē NGB ā NY ì NGT à o, which means to mechanically use other people's experience and copy other people's methods regardless of the actual situation. It's from the night talk of Yanshan mountain. No mutton, no vegetable soup.

The origin of Idioms

Ma Nancun's "Yanshan night talk: don't eat mutton and vegetable soup": "someone recited a few sacrificial essays and recited them very well. When it came to the exam, the title was birthday. He copied the sacrificial essays mechanically, which made the bull's head not the horse's mouth."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. "What we are against is the dogmatism of copying mechanically." learning is not mechanically applied, and the language in life can not be used intact. It needs to be refined. Language, characters and drama by Lao She

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] eat alive and swallow the whole thing