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驴
驢
lǘ
1.
donkey
2.
CL:[[頭|头<tóu>]]
Very Common • Top 5%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
叫驴
jiàolǘ
(coll.) male donkey
毛驴
máolǘ
donkey
秃驴
tūlǘ
Buddhist monk (mocking)
蠢驴
chǔnlǘ
silly ass
野驴
yělǘ
onager (Equus onager)
骚驴
sāolǘ
jackass
驴友
lǘyǒu
backpacker
驴子
lǘzi
ass
驴骡
lǘluó
hinny
博士买驴
bóshìmǎilǘ
lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
卸磨杀驴
xièmòshālǘ
lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom)
非驴非马
fēilǘfēimǎ
neither fish nor fowl
骑驴找驴
qílǘzhǎolǘ
lit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom)
骑驴觅驴
qílǘmìlǘ
see [[騎驢找驢|骑驴找驴<qílǘzhǎolǘ>]]
驴年马月
lǘniánmǎyuè
see [[猴年馬月|猴年马月<hóuniánmǎyuè>]]
驴唇马觜
lǘchúnmǎzī
lit.camel's lip, horse's mouth (idiom)
黔驴技穷
Qiánlǘjìqióng
to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
驴唇不对马嘴
lǘchúnbùduìmǎzuǐ
lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (idiom)
懒驴上磨屎尿多
lǎnlǘshàngmòshǐniàoduō
(proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working
好心倒做了驴肝肺
hǎoxīndàozuòlelǘgānfēi
lit. to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs (idiom)
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- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,542
- Word Frequency Rank
- 4,054 of 84,292