Results for “驢”
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donkey / ass
silly ass
backpacker / travel buddy
(lit.) a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (saying) / (fig.) wide of the mark / irrelevant / incongruous
see 猴年馬月|猴年马月[]
(lit.) a donkey's liver and lungs / (fig.) ill intent
(lit.) a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (idiom) / (fig.) wide of the mark / irrelevant / incongruous
donkey foal
hinny
see 別人牽驢你拔橛子|别人牵驴你拔橛子[]
lit. someone else stole the donkey / you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom) / fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame
(idiom) to act like the scholar who wrote at length about buying a donkey without even mentioning the word "donkey" / to write at length without ever getting to the point
lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful
(coll.) male donkey
(saying) to mistake good intentions for ill will
(derog.) (slang) married woman (term used by some feminists to imply that by marrying, women make themselves subservient to the patriarchal order)
(coll.) electric scooter / electric moped / (dialect) scooter
(proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working / lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing
jenny / female donkey
(derog.) Buddhist monk
onager (Equus onager)
(slang) electric bicycle or scooter (moped-style)
neither fish nor fowl / resembling nothing on earth
(idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one
lit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom) / fig. to look for what one already has
see 騎驢找驢|骑驴找驴[]
jackass
to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
(dialect) motorcycle