死记硬背

死記硬背

sǐjì-yìngbèi

idiom #90,869

Meanings

HSK 5

背单词不能只靠死记硬背。

Bèi dāncí bù néng zhǐ kào sǐjì-yìngbèi.

You can't learn vocabulary by rote memorization alone.

HSK 7-9

他考试前把公式死记硬背下来，结果题目一变就不会做了。

Tā kǎoshì qián bǎ gōngshì sǐjì-yìngbèi xiàlai, jiéguǒ tímù yí biàn jiù bú huì zuò le.

Before the exam he memorized the formulas by rote, so as soon as a question was changed he couldn't solve it.

usage

Always critical. Its opposite is real understanding, 融会贯通. Learning a text by heart on purpose, such as reciting poems, is 背诵, which is neutral.

死 sǐ

记 jì

硬 yìng

背 bēi