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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

死板 [sǐbǎn]
  1. 1. adjective [不活泼的] stiff
  2. 2. adjective [不灵活的] inflexible

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

死板 [sǐbǎn]
  1. 1. rigid; stiff; inflexible
    动作死板
    stiff movements
    表情死板
    an expressionless face
    办事死板
    work in a mechanical way
    死板的公式
    stereotyped formula

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

死板 [sǐbǎn]
  1. 1. 不活泼;没有生气
    死板的面孔
    这张像照得很死板
  2. 2. 刻板;不灵活
    这人太死板,不适合做公关工作
    做事死板

Examples

办事别那么死板,心眼放活泛点。
Don't be so rigid. Be more flexible.
这条规定并不那么死板,有一定的机动性。
These rules aren't totally rigid. They are flexible within certain limits.
表情死板
an expressionless face
死板的公式
stereotyped formula
死板
这张像照得很死板

Collocations

行文死板
a rigid style of writing
死板的面孔
an expresionless face
死板单调
rigid and monotonous
为人死板
to be an inflexible person
处事死板
to manage affairs in a rigid way
死板生硬
rigid and stiff
死板硬套
to apply something rigidly

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