| 满堂灌 |
mǎn táng guàn |
cramming (as a teaching method) / rote learning |
| 满 |
Mǎn |
Manchu ethnic group |
| 满 |
mǎn |
to fill / full / filled / packed / fully / completely / quite / to reach the limit / to satisfy / satisfied / contented |
| 满堂 |
mǎn táng |
whole audience / a sellout (capacity audience) / jam-packed |
| 堂 |
táng |
(main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:间 / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture |
| 灌 |
guàn |
to irrigate / to pour / to install (software) / to record (music) |