棒槌 (bàng chuí) — wooden club (used for beating clothes during washing); (figurative, colloquial) a clueless or incompetent person; novice
Definition
Literally a wooden club for beating laundry clean, but it also means a clueless novice — calling someone 棒槌 is a blunt, colloquial insult (a 'dumb wooden mallet'). Don't confuse it with the slang 木头 (slow-witted person), which is milder.
noun
wooden club (used for beating clothes during washing)(figurative, colloquial) a clueless or incompetent personnovice
Measure word · 根
Examples
- 棒槌。Nǎi nai hái bǎo liú zhe nà ge xǐ yī fu yòng de bàng chuí.Grandma still keeps that wooden club for washing clothes.
- ，棒槌！Nǐ lián zhè ge dōu bú huì, zhēn shì gè bàng chuí!You can't even do this? You're such a greenhorn!
- 棒槌，。Bié dāng bàng chuí le, xiān xué xué jī chǔ zhī shi ba.Stop being a clueless novice; first learn the basics.
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