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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

平庸 [píngyōng]
  1. 1. adjective mediocre

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

平庸 [píngyōng]
  1. 1. mediocre; indifferent; commonplace; average; predictable; second-rate
    才能平庸
    of limited ability

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

平庸 [píngyōng]
  1. 1. 平凡,没有突出之处
    平庸无奇
    平庸庸地度过了大半生。

Examples

平庸
mediocre; indifferent; commonplace
平庸
平庸无为的干部不应该起用。
I thought the song was just corn.
我认为这首歌陈腐平庸
The caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average.
学生的品质已经从平庸水平升到了超出一般的水平。
The characters were well drawn but the plot was banal.
人物刻画得非常出色,但情节平庸
His remarks were trite and commonplace.
他的评论陈腐而平庸

Collocations

才能平庸
ordinary
平庸地生活
to live ordinarily
平庸之辈
mediocre people
甘于平庸
willing to be ordinary

Word Decomposition


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