ˊshíㄍㄨˇㄅㄨˋㄏㄨㄚˋhuà

  1. 古代知識不能充分理解應用如同東西不能消化一樣比喻一味守舊不知變通做事懂得變通不要拘泥成規食古不化反而壞了事情。」刻舟求劍膠柱鼓瑟推陳出新日新又新

to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom)​, to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject