死记硬背
sǐ jì yìng bèi
Pinyin

Definition

死记硬背
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sǐ jì yìng bèi
  1. to learn by rote
  2. to mechanically memorize

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

背
bēi
  1. 1 variant of 背[bēi]
死
sǐ
  1. 1 to die
  2. 2 impassable
  3. 3 uncrossable
  4. 4 inflexible
  5. 5 rigid
  6. 6 extremely
  7. 7 damned
僵硬
jiāng yìng
  1. 1 stiff
  2. 2 rigid
冻死
dòng sǐ
  1. 1 to freeze to death
  2. 2 to die off in winter
半死
bàn sǐ
  1. 1 half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc)
  2. 2 (tired) to death
  3. 3 (terrified) out of one's wits
  4. 4 (beaten) to within an inch of one's life
  5. 5 (knock) the daylights out of sb
去死
qù sǐ
  1. 1 go to hell!
  2. 2 drop dead!
坚硬
jiān yìng
  1. 1 hard
  2. 2 solid
堵死
dǔ sǐ
  1. 1 to block (a road)
  2. 2 to plug (a hole)
  3. 3 to stop up
害死
hài sǐ
  1. 1 to kill
  2. 2 to cause death
  3. 3 to do sb to death
弄死
nòng sǐ
  1. 1 to kill
  2. 2 to put to death
强硬
qiáng yìng
  1. 1 tough
  2. 2 unyielding
  3. 3 hard-line
后背
hòu bèi
  1. 1 the back (human anatomy)
  2. 2 the back part of sth
手背
shǒu bèi
  1. 1 back of the hand
打死
dǎ sǐ
  1. 1 to kill
  2. 2 to beat to death
拼死
pīn sǐ
  1. 1 to go all out for sth at risk of one's life
掐死
qiā sǐ
  1. 1 to throttle
  2. 2 to choke to death
摔死
shuāi sǐ
  1. 1 to fall to one's death
撑死
chēng sǐ
  1. 1 full to the point of bursting
  2. 2 (coll.) at most
撞死
zhuàng sǐ
  1. 1 to knock down and kill sb with a car
  2. 2 to run over sb
  3. 3 to run sb down
敢死队
gǎn sǐ duì
  1. 1 suicide squad
  2. 2 kamikaze unit

Idioms (20)

不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
  1. 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
  3. 3 it's either him or me
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life
人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. 1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2 two parties cannot coexist
兔死狐悲
tù sǐ hú bēi
  1. 1 lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
兔死狗烹
tù sǐ gǒu pēng
  1. 1 lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
出生入死
chū shēng rù sǐ
  1. 1 from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water
  2. 2 brave
  3. 3 willing to risk life and limb
勾肩搭背
gōu jiān dā bèi
  1. 1 arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)
厚死薄生
hòu sǐ bó shēng
  1. 1 lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
  2. 2 fig. to live in the past (idiom)
吃软不吃硬
chī ruǎn bù chī yìng
  1. 1 lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom)
  2. 2 amenable to coaxing but not coercion
哀莫大于心死
āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ
  1. 1 nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
  2. 2 no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices
  3. 3 the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart
  4. 4 nothing is more wretched than apathy
垂死挣扎
chuí sǐ zhēng zhá
  1. 1 deathbed struggle
  2. 2 final struggle (idiom)
好死不如赖活着
hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe
  1. 1 better a bad life than a good death (idiom)
宁死不屈
nìng sǐ bù qū
  1. 1 rather die than submit (idiom)
欲仙欲死
yù xiān yù sǐ
  1. 1 to wish one were dead (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) to be in seventh heaven
战死沙场
zhàn sǐ shā chǎng
  1. 1 to die in battle (idiom)
手心手背都是肉
shǒu xīn shǒu bèi dōu shì ròu
  1. 1 lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to both be of equal importance
  3. 3 to value both equally

Sample Sentences

没想到学习多音字还有这么多窍门。太好了，今后我再也不用死记硬背了。
méixiǎngdào xuéxí duōyīnzì hái yǒu zhème duō qiàomén 。tài hǎo le ，jīnhòu wǒ zài yě bùyòng sǐjìyìngbèi le 。
I had no idea that characters with multiple readings had so many tricks to help remember them. Excellent. From now on I won't just memorize them one after another.
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死记硬背
sǐjìyìngbèi
to learn through rote memorization
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我就没让儿子上幼儿园。我当时送孩子去过几天，发现幼儿园也要让孩子死记硬背，就不想去了。
wǒ jiù méi ràng érzi shàng yòuéryuán 。wǒ dāngshí sòng háizi qù guo jǐtiān ，fāxiàn yòuéryuán yě yào ràng háizi sǐjìyìngbèi ，jiù bùxiǎng qù le 。
I don't make my son go to kindergarten. I had sent him there a few times when I discovered that even at that age he was having to learn by rote. I didn't want to send him there any more after that.
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