冬烘

dōnghōng
  1. shallow
  2. uneducated

CEDICT

  1. pedantic; trite
  2. shallow; uneducated

Wiktionary

煳涂、迂腐。唐郑薰主持考试，误以为颜标是鲁公（颜真卿）的后代，把他取为状元。当时有人作诗嘲笑：「主司头脑太冬烘，错认颜标作鲁公。」见五代汉．王定保《唐摭言．卷八．误放》。后多用来嘲笑古代私塾老师，或不明事理、不识世务的书呆子。宋．范成大〈四时田园杂兴〉诗：「长官头脑冬烘甚，乞汝青铜买酒迴。」

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Entry Composition

=1 冬 dōng winter
=1 冬 dōng
  1. (onom.) beating a drum
  2. rat-a-tat
2 烘 hōng
  1. to bake
  2. to heat by fire
  3. to set off by contrast

Related entries

半间不界 bàngānbùgà
  1. shallow
  2. not thorough
  3. superficial
浅 qiǎn
  1. shallow
  2. light (color)
这条河浅吗？

Is this river shallow?

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空疏 kōngshū
  1. shallow
  2. empty
粗浅 cūqiǎn
  1. shallow
  2. superficial
谫 jiǎn
  1. shallow
  2. superficial
俴 jiàn
  1. short
  2. shallow
  3. thin plate
鄙陋 bǐlòu
  1. superficial
  2. shallow
浮泛 fúfàn
  1. to float about
  2. (of a feeling) to show on the face
  3. (of speech, friendship etc) shallow
  4. vague
空泛 kōngfàn
  1. vague and general
  2. not specific
  3. shallow
  4. empty
粗陋 cūlòu
  1. crude
  2. coarse
  3. unsophisticated
  4. shallow