小电驴 小電驢

小

• 国小 國小 guó xiǎo ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ gwok3 siu2 elementary school (Tw)
• 大小 dà xiǎo ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ daai6 siu2 large and small
• 小丑 xiǎo chǒu ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄡˇ siu2 cau2 clown
• 小人 xiǎo rén ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ siu2 jan4 person of low social status (old)
• 小伙 xiǎo huǒ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ siu2 fo2 young guy

电 電

• 来电 來電 lái diàn ㄌㄞˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ loi4 din6 incoming telephone call (or telegram)
• 停电 停電 tíng diàn ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ting4 din6 to have a power failure
• 充电 充電 chōng diàn ㄔㄨㄥ ㄉㄧㄢˋ cung1 din6 to recharge (a battery)
• 回电 回電 huí diàn ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ wui4 din6 to call sb back (on the phone)
• 家电 家電 jiā diàn ㄐㄧㄚ ㄉㄧㄢˋ gaa1 din6 household electric appliance

驴 驢

• 叫驴 叫驢 jiào lǘ ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄩˊ giu3 lou4 (coll.) male donkey
• 婚驴 婚驢 hūn lǘ ㄏㄨㄣ ㄌㄩˊ fan1 lou4 (derog.) (slang) married woman (term used by some feminists to imply that by marrying, women make themselves subservient to the patriarchal order)
• 母驴 母驢 mǔ lǘ ㄇㄨˇ ㄌㄩˊ mou5 lou4 jenny; female donkey
• 毛驴 毛驢 máo lǘ ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄩˊ mou4 lou4 donkey
• 秃驴 禿驢 tū lǘ ㄊㄨ ㄌㄩˊ tuk1 lou4 (derog.) Buddhist monk

• 矮小精悍 ǎi xiǎo jīng hàn ㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄏㄢˋ ai2 siu2 zing1 hon6 short but intrepid (idiom)
• 不拘小节 不拘小節 bù jū xiǎo jié ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ bat1 keoi1 siu2 zit3 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
• 不容小觑 不容小覷 bù róng xiǎo qù ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄩˋ bat1 jung4 siu2 ceoi3 (idiom) not to be underestimated; not to be taken lightly

• 电光朝露 電光朝露 diàn guāng zhāo lù ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄓㄠ ㄌㄨˋ din6 gwong1 ziu1 lou6 flash of lightning, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral
• 星流电击 星流電擊 xīng liú diàn jī ㄒㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧ sing1 lau4 din6 gik1 meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development

• 博士买驴 博士買驢 bó shì mǎi lǘ ㄅㄛˊ ㄕˋ ㄇㄞˇ ㄌㄩˊ bok3 si6 maai5 lou4 (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
• 黔驴技穷 黔驢技窮 Qián lǘ jì qióng ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄩˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ kim4 lou4 gei6 kung4 to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
• 骑驴找驴 騎驢找驢 qí lǘ zhǎo lǘ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄩˊ ㄓㄠˇ ㄌㄩˊ ke4 lou4 zaau2 lou4 lit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom)