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

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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
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