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平淡无奇

píngdànwúqí

ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 平淡无奇 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 平淡无奇 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

我觉得我的工作太平淡无奇了。wǒ jué de wǒ de gōng zuò tài píng dàn wú qí le。

I guess my job is pretty undramatic.

玛丽是个平淡无奇的人，但是汤姆却认为她出类拔萃。mǎ lì shì gè píng dàn wú qí de rén， dàn shì tāng mǔ què rèn wéi tā chū lèi bá cuì。

Mary is fairly plain, but Tom thinks she's the bee's knees.

他们渡过了平淡无奇的一生。tā men dù guò le píng dàn wú qí de yī shēng。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 平淡无奇.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 平淡无奇.

Directly before

  • 太平淡无奇1
  • 个平淡无奇1
  • 了平淡无奇1

Directly after

  • 平淡无奇的2
  • 平淡无奇了1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 平淡无奇

What does 平淡无奇 mean in Chinese?

平淡无奇 (píngdànwúqí) means ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about.

How do you pronounce 平淡无奇?

平淡无奇 is pronounced píngdànwúqí.

Is 平淡无奇 an HSK word?

平淡无奇 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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