In the past, someone said:
从前，有个人说:
“The pear is good for the teeth, but bad for the spleen; the date is good for the spleen, but bad for the teeth.”
“吃生梨对牙齿有好处，但是会伤脾;吃红枣对脾有好处，但是会损害牙齿。”
A young man heard this, thought it over for a long time and said:
一个年轻人听了这句话，想了很久，说道:
“Then, when I eat a pear, I’ll keep it in my mouth and chew it with my teeth, but won’t swallow it,so it will not do any harm to my spleen.
“那我吃生梨的时候，就含在嘴里，用牙齿咀嚼，但是不往肚里咽，它就损伤不了我的脾。
When I eat a date, I won’t chew it, but will swallow it whole, so it will not do any harm to my teeth.”
吃枣的时候，我把它整个儿吞下去，不去咀嚼，这样就不会损害我的牙齿了。”
When people heard this, they jeered at him:
人们听了他的话，讥笑说:
“You are swallowing a date whole!”
“你这是在囫囵吞枣啊!”