swallow whole—lap up information without digesting it; read without understanding; take all in indiscriminately; uncritical(/indiscriminate) assimilation ? 我們對(duì)于優(yōu)秀的文學(xué)遺產(chǎn)，要批判地繼承，決不能～。We should critically take over fine literary legacies; we should never swallow anything raw and whole. ? 我們要有步驟地去做，使他們參加生產(chǎn)，逐漸地改造成為新人，不是～，一下子都混進(jìn)來。(《周恩來選集》328) We should do it step by step and have them participate in production and gradually be transformed into new people. We can’t just take them all in immediataly and indiscrimi nately.
囫圇吞棗hu lun tun zao
swallow a date whole—read without understanding
囫圇吞棗hú lún tūn zǎo
囫圇：沒有被分離過的完整物體。吃棗時(shí)不嚼，一古腦兒吞下去。比喻對(duì)所學(xué)的知識(shí)不作深刻理解。read without understanding, swallow it whole, take all indiscriminately, gulp down without thought