| 食 |
shí gǔ bù huà | to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom) / to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject |
| 食 |
shí | to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse |
| 食 |
sì | to feed (a person or animal) |
| 古 |
Gǔ | surname Gu |
| 古 |
gǔ | ancient / old / paleo- |
| 不 |
bù | no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 化 |
huā | variant of 花 |
| 化 |
huà | to make into / to change into / -ization / to ... -ize / to transform / abbr. for 化学 |