Chinese word dictionary

鹦鹉学舌

yīng wǔ xué shé · to parrot; to repeat uncritically what sb says

Word information

Simplified鹦鹉学舌
Traditional鸚鵡學舌
Pinyinyīng wǔ xué shé
Part of speechDictionary
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HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 鹦鹉学舌

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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