bàn​bào

limited reading

Senses

半豹 bàn​bào limited reading

(literary) Describes someone who possesses great literary talent but has not read many books; based on a historical quote suggesting that if the writer Yin Zhongwen had read even half as much as the scholar 袁豹 yuán​bào, his talent would equal that of the great historian 班固 bān​gù

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