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讀死書,死讀書
  duk6 sei2 syu1, sei2 duk6 syu1   jyutping
to not understand what one is reading

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
讀死書,死讀書

This word has been viewed 1604 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by WANNABEAFREAK on 4th Mar 2008 05:57 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 duk6 dau6  -  to read; attend school
 sei2  -  die; death; dead
 syu1  -  book; writings
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 sei2  -  die; death; dead
 duk6 dau6  -  to read; attend school
 syu1  -  book; writings
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