五技鼠
wǔ​jì​shǔ

marmot

  • created sense approved 五技鼠 · wǔ​jì​shǔ · marmot — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    五技鼠

    wǔ​jì​shǔ

    marmot

    squirrel-like rodent with five skills (climbing, swimming, running, hiding, and burrowing), also used as a metaphor for someone having many mediocre skills but mastering none

    五 (literal) → 五 · wǔ · five 技 (bound) → 技 · jì · skill 鼠 (bound) → 鼠 · shǔ · rat

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense