| Change log entry 75926 | |
|---|---|
| Processed by: | richwarm (2022-10-02 19:29:58 UTC) |
| Comment: |
<< review queue entry 71810 - submitted by 'gregboothe' >> HDC, GR I could swear there's a similar English expression but I can't think of it. -------------------------------- Editor: I clicked through to the end of Google's results. They had only 7 pages of results, and almost none of them were examples of usage in context. So it seems pretty rare. HDC only has a single example from 400 years ago, and you haven't provided the context in which you found it. So the evidence is meagre. I did find these two examples: 夏日本就属于雨季，容易闷热，在雨天的时候更是让人透不过气来，路边的猫提前找好了歇脚的地方，时不时舔一舔自己的爪子，看起来淹头搭脑的样子。 虽强打精神，还是有些难以为继，好在熬着熬着，一整天也就这样过去，上到最后一堂课时，不仅我累得够呛，学了一整天的学生也一个个都有些淹头搭脑。 HDC says it means 没精打采, which C-E dictionaries define as "listless", and that more or less matches the two examples above, and GR's definition, so I'll go with "listless". But I wonder whether anyone is going to need this entry. |
| Diff: |
# 淹頭搭腦 淹头搭脑 [yan1 tou2 da1 nao3] // + 淹頭搭腦 淹头搭脑 [yan1 tou2 da1 nao3] /listless/ |