不求甚解

Chinese

not; no
 
to seek; to look for; to request
to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
 
very; extremely; more (than)
very; extremely; more (than); what
 
to loosen; to untie; to explain
to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort
trad. (不求甚解) 不 求 甚 解
simp. #(不求甚解) 不 求 甚 解
Literally: “not requiring a detailed understanding”.

Etymology

好讀書,不求甚解,每有會意,便欣然忘食。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
好读书,不求甚解,每有会意,便欣然忘食。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: 《五柳先生傳》
Hào dúshū, bùqiúshènjiě, měi yǒu huìyì, biàn xīnrán wàng shí. [Pinyin]
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Originally means "to put emphasis on comprehending argumentation instead of words".

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 不 不 不 求 甚 甚 解
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1 1/2 2/2 2/4
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 幫 (1) 幫 (1) 群 (30) 常 (25) 常 (25) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 尤 (136) 文 (60) 尤 (136) 侵 (139) 侵 (139) 佳 (31)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed Open Open Open Open
Division (等) III III III III III III II
Fanqie 甫鳩切 方久切 分勿切 巨鳩切 常枕切 時鴆切 佳買切
Baxter pjuw pjuwX pjut gjuw dzyimX dzyimH keaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨu/ /pɨuX/ /pɨut̚/ /ɡɨu/ /d͡ʑiɪmX/ /d͡ʑiɪmH/ /kˠɛX/
Pan
Wuyun
/piu/ /piuX/ /piut̚/ /ɡiu/ /d͡ʑimX/ /d͡ʑimH/ /kᵚæX/
Shao
Rongfen
/piəu/ /piəuX/ /piuət̚/ /ɡiəu/ /d͡ʑjemX/ /d͡ʑjemH/ /kæiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puw/ /puwX/ /put̚/ /guw/ /d͡ʑimX/ /d͡ʑimH/ /kaɨjX/
Li
Rong
/piu/ /piuX/ /piuət̚/ /ɡiu/ /ʑiəmX/ /ʑiəmH/ /kɛX/
Wang
Li
/pĭəu/ /pĭəuX/ /pĭuət̚/ /ɡĭəu/ /ʑĭĕmX/ /ʑĭĕmH/ /kaiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯ə̯u/ /pi̯ə̯uX/ /pi̯uət̚/ /gi̯ə̯u/ /ʑi̯əmX/ /ʑi̯əmH/ /kaiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fōu fǒu fu qiú shèn shèn jiǎ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau1 fau2 fat1 kau4 sam6 sam6 gaai2

Idiom

不求甚解

  1. to not seek deep understanding; to read or know things on a superficial level
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