死记 (死記)
sǐ jì
Pinyin

Definition

死记 (死記)
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sǐ jì
  1. to learn by rote
  2. to cram

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

死
sǐ
  1. 1 to die
  2. 2 impassable
  3. 3 uncrossable
  4. 4 inflexible
  5. 5 rigid
  6. 6 extremely
  7. 7 damned
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!
堵死
dǔ sǐ
  1. 1 to block (a road)
  2. 2 to plug (a hole)
  3. 3 to stop up

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

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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