Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT De keizer is ver weg - boek met wilde avonturen in China

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donkey / CL: 頭|头
donkey / CL: 頭|头
lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful
to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
a donkey's liver and lungs; (fig.) ill intent
ass / donkey
silly ass
hinny
onager (Equus onager)
neither fish nor fowl / resembling nothing on earth
(coll.) male donkey
backpacker / travel buddy
(derog.) Buddhist monk
jackass
lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (idiom) / fig. wide of the mark; irrelevant; incongruous
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
(idiom) to mistake good intentions for ill will
(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
(dialect) motorcycle
(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
donkey foal


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