黔驴之技
qián​lǘ​zhī​jì

limited tricks

  • created reference approved 黔驴之技/黔驢之技 → 黔驴技穷/黔驢技窮 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    黔驴之技 / 黔驢之技 qián​lǘ​zhī​jì

    黔驴技穷 / 黔驢技窮 qián​lǘ​jì​qióng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 黔驴之技/黔驢之技 · qián​lǘ​zhī​jì · limited tricks — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    黔驴之技 / 黔驢之技

    qián​lǘ​zhī​jì

    limited tricks

    limited skills that are easily exhausted; a person who has used up their clumsy tricks and revealed their true weakness; based on the fable of a donkey in Guizhou that was eaten by a tiger after its only skill (kicking) failed to scare it away

    黔 (literal) → 黔 · qián · Guizhou 驴 (literal) → 驴/驢 · lǘ · donkey 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 技 (literal) → 技 · jì · skill

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

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