bury oneself in outdated writings

bury oneself in outdated writings

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zu à ng à zh à Du à, which means to study ancient books blindly and get away from reality. It comes from the collection of Bai Yang's essays, the world of turbid world.

Idiom usage

A bookworm. A bookworm

Examples

He's all over the place. He doesn't know anything about the outside world.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: zuoguzhi, pengzhentu history, studying Guzhi

The origin of Idioms

"We don't have the time or the ability to study these things. We just remind readers that this kind of culture, which makes half of Chinese people become disabled, has existed for at least a thousand years in China."

Idiom explanation

So paper: refers to ancient books. It refers to blindly studying ancient books and breaking away from reality. Also known as "drilling paper", "drilling paper".