不求甚解

Chinese

		not; no	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	very; extremely; more (than) very; extremely; more (than); what	to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort
trad. (不求甚解)		不	求	甚	解
simp. #(不求甚解)		不	求	甚	解
Literally: “not requiring a detailed understanding”.

Etymology

好讀書，不求甚解，每有會意，便欣然忘食。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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好读书，不求甚解，每有会意，便欣然忘食。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 《五柳先生傳》

Hào dúshū, bùqiúshènjiě, měi yǒu huìyì, biàn xīnrán wàng shí. [Pinyin]

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Originally means "to put emphasis on comprehending argumentation instead of words".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùqiúshènjiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ kau⁴ sam⁶ gaai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùqiúshènjiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùcióushènjiě
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chʻiu²-shên⁴-chieh³
    • Yale: bù-chyóu-shèn-jyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buchyoushennjiee
    • Palladius: буцюшэньцзе (bucjušɛnʹcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ kau⁴ sam⁶ gaai²
    • Yale: bāt kàuh sahm gáai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ kau⁴ sam⁶ gaai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ keo⁴ sem⁶ gai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹ sɐm²² kaːi̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pjuw|pjuwX|pjut gjuw dzyimX|dzyimH keaX

Rime
Character	不	不	不	求	甚	甚	解
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1	1/2	2/2	2/4
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	群 (30)	常 (25)	常 (25)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)	文 (60)	尤 (136)	侵 (139)	侵 (139)	佳 (31)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III	III	III	II
Fanqie	甫鳩切	方久切	分勿切	巨鳩切	常枕切	時鴆切	佳買切
Baxter	pjuw	pjuwX	pjut	gjuw	dzyimX	dzyimH	keaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨu/	/pɨuX/	/pɨut̚/	/ɡɨu/	/d͡ʑiɪmX/	/d͡ʑiɪmH/	/kˠɛX/
Pan Wuyun	/piu/	/piuX/	/piut̚/	/ɡiu/	/d͡ʑimX/	/d͡ʑimH/	/kᵚæX/
Shao Rongfen	/piəu/	/piəuX/	/piuət̚/	/ɡiəu/	/d͡ʑjemX/	/d͡ʑjemH/	/kæiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puw/	/puwX/	/put̚/	/guw/	/d͡ʑimX/	/d͡ʑimH/	/kaɨjX/
Li Rong	/piu/	/piuX/	/piuət̚/	/ɡiu/	/ʑiəmX/	/ʑiəmH/	/kɛX/
Wang Li	/pĭəu/	/pĭəuX/	/pĭuət̚/	/ɡĭəu/	/ʑĭĕmX/	/ʑĭĕmH/	/kaiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ə̯u/	/pi̯ə̯uX/	/pi̯uət̚/	/gi̯ə̯u/	/ʑi̯əmX/	/ʑi̯əmH/	/kaiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fōu	fǒu	fu	qiú	shèn	shèn	jiǎ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fau1	fau2	fat1	kau4	sam6	sam6	gaai2

Idiom

不求甚解

1. to not seek deep understanding; to read or know things on a superficial level