鹦鹉学舌

Traditional: 鸚鵡學舌

yīng wǔ xué shé

Dictionary entry

to parrot

What does 鹦鹉学舌 mean?

鹦鹉学舌 (yīng wǔ xué shé) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to parrot

2to repeat uncritically what sb says

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鹦yīng(bound form) parrot 鹉wǔused in 鸚鵡|鹦鹉[ying1 wu3]学xuéto learn · to study 舌jīused in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

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