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| Processed by: | kbaiko (2024-07-25 12:01:06 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 78993 - submitted by 'encn' >> any examples of 骆驼 meaning blockhead. wrong classifer. ---------- Editor: "any examples of 骆驼 meaning blockhead." "(coll.) blockhead; ninny" was copied verbatim from ABC. It's hard to find online examples since the vast majority of results will be for camels, but here's one >李太太笑道:“你是个骆驼,好好地和你说,你不受。人一和你瞪,你又服了" Personally, I've heard 骆驼 used as a metaphor for stubbornness, which isn't quite the same as blockhead or ninny but I suppose it's close enough. There's also a saying (perhaps dialectal) 骆驼骨头，驮重不驮轻, meaning something similar to 吃硬不吃软. ----- "wrong classifier." It's correct, possibly because of the connection between camel humps and mountain peaks (camel hump is "驼峰" after all). And it's actually more commonly used than other classifiers for large animals like 头 and 匹. 峰骆驼: 358 hits 头骆驼: 170 hits 匹骆驼: 148 hits >四百一十三万余头牛，一百一十万匹马，一百八十八万头驴和骡，十七万八千峰骆驼 >青海五十只羊一年出产的羊毛只能换一块茶砖，宁夏一峰骆驼只能换一匹大布 >”他们掀起支援修路的热潮。和靖县巴仑台区的人民动员六十峰骆驼，担任运输" >缺少骆驼，当地牧民就自动组织了八十七峰骆驼，帮助他们克服了困难。 >到解放时只剩三千只羊、二百多匹马和三十多峰骆驼。 etc |
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- 駱駝 骆驼 [luo4 tuo5] /camel/(coll.) blockhead/ninny/CL:峰[feng1]/ # + 駱駝 骆驼 [[luo4tuo5]] /camel/ # Editor: + 駱駝 骆驼 [[luo4tuo5]] /camel (CL:峰[feng1],匹[pi3],頭|头[tou2])/(coll.) blockhead; ninny/ |