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(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
lit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom) / fig. to look for what one already has
jackass
lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful
lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (saying) / 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
(slang) electric bicycle or scooter (moped-style)
hinny
(coll.) male donkey
(coll.) electric scooter; electric moped / (dialect) scooter
(derog.) Buddhist monk
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
onager (Equus onager)
neither fish nor fowl / resembling nothing on earth
(derog.) (slang) married woman (term used by some feminists to imply that by marrying, women make themselves subservient to the patriarchal order)
(idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one
silly ass
a donkey's liver and lungs; (fig.) ill intent
donkey / CL: 頭|头
(idiom) to mistake good intentions for ill will
to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
jenny; female donkey
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  *驢* | 驢* | *驢
donkey / CL: 頭|头
donkey foal
(dialect) motorcycle
backpacker / travel buddy


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