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  1. (idiom) to act like the scholar who wrote at length about buying a donkey without even mentioning the word "donkey"; to write at length without ever getting to the point

    trad. 博士買驢

Also written 博士買驢【bó shì mǎi lǘ】

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(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide, to win; to gain, to play; to gamble, learned; well-read, (bound form) doctoral degree (abbr. for 博士[bo2 shi4]), (bound form) blog (abbr. for 博客[bo2 ke4])

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