the process of learning something by repeating it until you remember it rather than by understanding the meaning of it 死记硬背 - by rote
to learn by rote 死记硬背地学习 You cannot fully understand a subject through rote learning. 你不能通过死记硬背完全理解一门学科。 The teaching methods were based on rote memorization. 教学方法以死记硬背为基础。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRote is used before these nouns:- learning
- repetition
Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘habit, custom’): of unknown origin.- by rote