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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
- 平淡 [píngdàn]
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flat; insipid; prosaic; pedestrian
- 平淡无味的谈话
- an insipid (or a dull) conversation
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flat; insipid; prosaic; pedestrian
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 平淡 [píngdàn]
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平平常常，没有曲折变化
- 他的话很平淡
- 文章平淡无味。
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平平常常，没有曲折变化
Examples
- 孤立地看，每一个情节都很平淡，连缀在一起，就有趣了。
- When taken separately, each of the episodes is rather dull, but when linked together, they're very interesting. → 连缀
- 平淡无味的谈话
- an insipid (or a dull) conversation → 平淡
- 平淡无奇的文章
- a pedestrian piece of writing → 平淡无奇
- 这个电影， 开首挺平淡， 越往后看越精彩。
- The beginning of the film is very flat, but then it gets more and more interesting. → 开首
- 小说虽然情节很精彩， 但引语过于平淡。
- Though this novel is very absorbing, its quotations are rather flat. → 引语
- 平淡 → 平
- 安于平淡的生活。 → 安于
- 这个剧本像白开水一样平淡。 → 白开水
- 他的话很平淡 → 平淡
- 文章平淡无味。 → 平淡
Collocations
- 十分平淡
- very mild
- 生活平淡
- a dull life
- 平淡无奇
- Nothing exciting.
- 平淡无味
- watery
- 平淡的日子
- watery days
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