bǒ​jiǎo​yā

lame duck

  • created sense approved 跛脚鸭/跛腳鴨 · bǒ​jiǎo​yā · lame duck — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    跛脚鸭 / 跛腳鴨

    bǒ​jiǎo​yā

    lame duck

    A duck that is lame and walks with difficulty; (by extension) a person who has low ability or is deficient in some way; an elected official or group whose power is reduced because their term is about to end, or more broadly, any politician or organization in a helpless and failing situation

    跛脚 (literal) → 跛脚/跛腳 · bǒ​jiǎo · limping 鸭 (literal) → 鸭/鴨 · yā · duck

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

    created sense