bàn​bào

limited reading

  • created sense approved 半豹 · bàn​bào · limited reading — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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|袁豹|yuan2 bao4]], his talent would equal that of the great historian [[班固|班固|ban1 gu4]]

    半 (literal) → 半 · bàn · half 豹 (literal) → 豹 · bào · leopard

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