生吞活剥
Traditional form:
生吞活剝
Pinyin (reading):
shēngtūnhuóbō
Definitions:
- to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
Characters:
- 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
- 吞 - to absorb, to annex; to engulf; to swallow
- 活 - to exist, to live, to survive; living, working
- 剥 - to peel, to skin; to exploit
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