生硬
shēng yìng
Pinyin

Definition

生硬
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shēng yìng
  1. stiff
  2. harsh

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
先生
Xiān sheng
  1. 1 Mister (Mr.)
女生
nǚ shēng
  1. 1 schoolgirl
  2. 2 female student
  3. 3 girl
学生
xué sheng
  1. 1 student
  2. 2 schoolchild
生
shēng
  1. 1 to be born
  2. 2 to give birth
  3. 3 life
  4. 4 to grow
  5. 5 raw
  6. 6 uncooked
  7. 7 student

Idioms (20)

一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life

Sample Sentences

这种营销传播速度快，成本投入小。不过需要培养有能力的员工来操作。比如内容要简洁，和产品本身结合起来，既能达到推销的目的又不生硬。
zhèzhǒng yíngxiāo chuánbō sùdù kuài ，chéngběn tóurù xiǎo 。bùguò xūyào péiyǎng yǒu nénglì de yuángōng lái cāozuò 。bǐrú nèiróng yào jiǎnjié ，hé chǎnpǐn běnshēn jiéhé qǐlái ，jì néng dádào tuīxiāo de mùdi yòu bù shēngyìng 。
This kind of marketing promotion is very fast and the cost to invest in it is small. However, we need trained and skilled workers to do it. For example, the content needs to be simple and incorporate the products in it, but still get sales results and not be unnatural.
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比较生硬。
bǐjiào shēngyìng 。
more strong
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就是。对话都是按照语法点编的，很生硬。有些话平时我们根本不那样说。
jiùshì 。duìhuà dōu shì ànzhào yǔfǎdiǎn biān de ，hěn shēngyìng 。yǒuxiē huà píngshí wǒmen gēnběn bù nàyàng shuō 。
Exactly. The dialogs are all written according to grammar points – they sound forced. Some of those expressions we would never say in daily life.
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