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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
死记硬背
to learn by rote
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to learn by rote
02
to mechanically memorize
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 死记硬背 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 死记硬背 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 死记硬背.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 死记硬背.
Directly before
- 只是死记硬背1
- 试着死记硬背1
Directly after
- 死记硬背公式1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 死记硬背
What does 死记硬背 mean in Chinese?
死记硬背 (sǐjìyìngbèi) means to learn by rote.
How do you pronounce 死记硬背?
死记硬背 is pronounced sǐjìyìngbèi.
Is 死记硬背 an HSK word?
死记硬背 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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