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滚瓜烂熟

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4-character word Traditional 滾瓜爛熟

What 滚瓜烂熟 means

1. lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently
2. to know sth inside out
3. to know sth by heart

The characters in 滚瓜烂熟

• 滚gǔnto boil; to roll; to take a hike
• 瓜guāmelon; gourd; squash; (slang) a piece of gossip
• 烂lànsoft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose
• 熟shúripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted