电驴子 電驢子

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

子

• 位子 wèi zi ㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄗ wai2 zi2 place
• 例子 lì zi ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄗ lai6 zi2 case
• 个子 個子 gè zi ㄍㄜˋ ˙ㄗ go3 zi2 stature; height; size (of a person or object)
• 儿子 兒子 ér zi ㄦˊ ˙ㄗ ji4 zi2 son
• 兔子 tù zi ㄊㄨˋ ˙ㄗ tou3 zi2 hare

• 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)

• 爱民如子 愛民如子 ài mín rú zǐ ㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄗˇ oi3 man4 jyu4 zi2 (idiom) to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler)
• 摆花架子 擺花架子 bǎi huā jià zi ㄅㄞˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄗ baai2 faa1 gaa2 zi2 lit. to arrange a shelf of flowers
• 才子佳人 cái zǐ jiā rén ㄘㄞˊ ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄖㄣˊ coi4 zi2 gaai1 jan4 lit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom)