博士买驴 bó shì mǎi lǘ

wordy talk; never gets to the point

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
  2. 2. idiom mocking scholastic pomposity

Characters

Character Meaning
博 bó HSK 4
extensive; rich; ample
士 shì HSK 4
soldier; specialist worker; honorific
买 mǎi HSK 1
to buy; to purchase
驴 lǘ
donkey; variant of 驢lǘ[lu:2]