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Open the tool →汉人煮箦 (hàn rén zhǔ zé) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to apply superficial knowledge rigidly, leading to absurd mistakes”.
汉人煮箦 is pronounced hàn rén zhǔ zé in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 汉人煮箦 means “Hanzhong person boils a bamboo mat”. It is used to mean “to apply superficial knowledge rigidly, leading to absurd mistakes”.
汉:汉中地区,在今陕西省。箦:席子,此指竹席子。汉中有个人把家里床上的竹席子当作竹笋来煮着吃。比喻仅靠肤浅的知识去生搬硬套而不认真学习真知的荒唐行为。