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Meaning of 打油诗

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打 dǎ 油 yóu 诗 shī (Trad.: 打油詩)
humorous poem; limerick
Example Sentences
1
或者上帝为了使你高兴而抛出一首五行打油诗
。
Or God will toss off a limerick for your pleasure.
2
他那层出不穷的笑料
,
打油诗一样享有很高的声誉
。
The jokes kept on welling up and Mr Trillin made a parallel reputation as a writer of funny stuff.
3
在中风前
,
咸尔逊痴迷于打油诗
。
可是中风后他的打油诗又意味着什么呢
?
Wilson was obsessed with limericks prior to his stroke, but what about the post-stroke limericks?
4
相恨的时候
,
爱情是一首打油诗
,
嘲弄讥讽
、
各逞其能
。
During heartbreak, love is a doggerel, caustic and mocking, eloquent and glib .
5
我希望我爱和尊重的人能够比一个写点笑话和打油诗的人高明呢
。
I want the man I love and honor to be something finer and higher than a perpetrator of jokes and doggerel.