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Pīnyīn
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jenny; female donkey
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *驴* | 驴* | *驴
donkey / CL: 頭|头
a donkey's liver and lungs; (fig.) ill intent
donkey / CL: 頭|头
lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (saying) / fig. wide of the mark; irrelevant; incongruous
(coll.) male donkey
lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful
donkey foal
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
common name for 麋鹿, Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse / an odd mixture of disparate elements / hodgepodge / farrago
donkey-hide gelatin (used in TCM) / Taiwan pr. [a1 jiao1]
for donkey's years / for ages
ass / donkey
(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
(of a donkey etc) to turn a millstone / (fig.) to do laborious and monotonous work
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蹇* | 蹇* | *蹇
lame / cripple / unfortunate / slow / difficult / nag (inferior horse) / donkey / lame horse
to work as a carter or porter / to transport goods for a living (esp. by donkey)
porter / donkey driver
(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
throat sound such as choking, donkey's bray etc


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