平庸
píng yōng
Pinyin

Definition

平庸
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píng yōng
  1. mediocre
  2. indifferent
  3. commonplace

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

公平
gōng píng
  1. 1 fair
  2. 2 impartial
和平
Hé píng
  1. 1 Heping district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
  2. 2 Hoping township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan
平凡
píng fán
  1. 1 commonplace
  2. 2 ordinary
  3. 3 mediocre
平均
píng jūn
  1. 1 average
  2. 2 on average
  3. 3 evenly
  4. 4 in equal proportions
平安
píng ān
  1. 1 safe and sound
  2. 2 well
  3. 3 without mishap
  4. 4 quiet and safe
  5. 5 at peace

Idioms (20)

一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
一马平川
yī mǎ píng chuān
  1. 1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
四平八稳
sì píng bā wěn
  1. 1 everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary
四海升平
sì hǎi shēng píng
  1. 1 lit. all four oceans are peaceful
  2. 2 worldwide peace (idiom)

Sample Sentences

那金庸一点儿也不平庸啊。算了算了，那你说叫什么好吧？
nà JīnYōng yīdiǎnr yě bù píngyōng ā 。suànle suànle ，nà nǐ shuō jiào shénme hǎo ba ？
[Marital arts novelist] Jin Yong isn't mediocre at all. Forget it-- what do you think we should call the baby?
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你就知道武侠小说。还是否决。我可不想让孩子一辈子平庸。
nǐ jiù zhīdào wǔxiá xiǎoshuō 。hái shì fǒujué 。wǒ kě bù xiǎng ràng háizi yībèizi píngyōng 。
You only know about martial arts novels. I'm vetoing it. I definitely don't want the baby to be mediocre his whole life [the character ''yong" here implies ''middle."--Ed.]
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