bury oneself in outdated writings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".
bury oneself in outdated writings
not to follow the others and stop halfway - bu shui yi zi
able to work both at the top and down below - néng shàng néng xià
failure to put things away properly is inviting theft - màn cáng huì dào
there 's no making without breaking - bù può bù lì