秃驴 (禿驢)
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Pinyin
Definition
秃驴 (禿驢)
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- Buddhist monk (mocking)
- lit. bald donkey
Character Decomposition
Idioms (8)
博士买驴
- 1 lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
- 2 idiom mocking scholastic pomposity
卸磨杀驴
- 1 lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom)
- 2 to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful
好心倒做了驴肝肺
- 1 lit. to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs (idiom)
- 2 fig. to mistake good intentions for ill intent
对着和尚骂贼秃
- 1 lit. to curse a baldhead to a monk's face (idiom)
- 2 fig. to scold sb indirectly
- 3 to criticize obliquely
骑驴找驴
- 1 lit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom)
- 2 fig. to look for what one already has