笨
bèn
Pinyin

Definition

笨
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bèn
  1. stupid
  2. foolish
  3. silly
  4. slow-witted
  5. clumsy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (13)

笨
bèn
  1. 1 stupid
  2. 2 foolish
  3. 3 silly
  4. 4 slow-witted
  5. 5 clumsy
笨蛋
bèn dàn
  1. 1 fool
  2. 2 idiot
笨拙
bèn zhuō
  1. 1 clumsy
  2. 2 awkward
  3. 3 stupid
愚笨
yú bèn
  1. 1 stupid
  2. 2 clumsy
拙笨
zhuō bèn
  1. 1 clumsy
  2. 2 awkward
  3. 3 lacking skill

Idioms (2)

拙嘴笨舌
zhuō zuǐ bèn shé
  1. 1 lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom); awkward speaker
笨鸟先飞
bèn niǎo xiān fēi
  1. 1 lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities

Sample Sentences

他笨拙的录入资料，输出证件，
tā bènzhuō de lùrù zīliào ，shūchū zhèngjiàn ，
He clumsily processed the information, and gave me the documents.
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假使他把原诗写成了“我心里有猛虎雄踞在花旁”，那就会显得呆笨，死板，徒然加强了人性的内在矛盾。
jiǎshǐ tā bǎ yuán shī xiěchéng le “wǒ xīnli yǒu měng hǔ xióngjù zài huā páng ”，nā jiù huì xiǎnde dāibèn ，sǐbǎn ，túrán jiāqiáng le rénxìng de nèizài máodùn 。
If he'd written the line in the original poem as "In me the tiger towers proudly beside the rose", it would seem clumsy and stiff, emphasizing the internal conflict in humanity a little excessively.
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可不是嘛，男人就是笨手笨脚的，有时候觉得可爱，有时候真觉得自己又给儿子当妈又给老公当妈。
kěbushì ma ，nánrén jiùshì bènshǒubènjiǎo de ，yǒushíhou juéde kě ài ，yǒushíhou zhēn juéde zìjǐ yòu gěi érzi dāng mā yòu gěi lǎogōng dāng mā 。
Isn't that it exactly? Men are so clumsy, sometimes I think it's cute, but sometimes I feel like I'm a mother for both my son and my husband.
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我也真是纳了闷了，结果，笨成这样了，他还恬不知耻地反过来数落我的指令有问题，真是太不靠谱。
wǒ yě zhēn shì nà le mēn le ，jiéguǒ ，bèn chéng zhèyàng le ，tā hái tiánbùzhīchǐ de fǎnguòlái shǔluò wǒ de zhǐlǐng yǒu wèntí ，zhēn shì tài bù kàopǔ 。
I'm as puzzled as you are. So in the end, with him being so stupid, he had the cheek to turn it around and go on about how it was a problem with my instructions. He really is a liability.
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仔细想想，其实还是自己带眼镜比较卫生，而且我本身就戴眼镜，如果用派发的眼镜，还要在自己的眼镜上架着另一副眼镜，特别笨拙。
zǐxì xiǎng xiǎng ，qíshí háishi zìjǐ dài yǎnjìng bǐjiào wèishēng ，érqiě wǒ běnshēn jiù dài yǎnjìng ，rúguǒ yòng pàifā de yǎnjìng ，hái yào zài zìjǐ de yǎnjìng shàng jià zhe lìng yī fù yǎnjìng ，tèbié bènzhuō 。
Think about it, in fact, it is more hygienic to bring your own glasses. And since I already wear glasses, if I place another pair of glasses on top of mine it becomes especially clumsy.
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笨鸟先飞早入林
bènniǎoxiānfēizǎorùlín
Diligence can make up for deficiency.
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我能力不如别人，只好笨鸟先飞，才能早入林。
wǒ nénglì bùrú biéren ，zhǐhǎo bènniǎoxiānfēi ，cáinéng zǎo rù lín 。
I am inferior to others. I have to practice more so I can succeed.
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我本来学习非常不好，但是我爸妈常告诉我“笨鸟先飞早入林”。所以我上课的时候就像只出头鸟一样，一直举手回答问题。
wǒ běnlái xuéxí fēicháng bùhǎo ，dànshì wǒ bàmā cháng gàosu wǒ “bènniǎoxiānfēizǎorùlín ”。suǒyǐ wǒ shàngkè de shíhou jiù xiàng zhī chūtóuniǎo yīyàng ，yīzhí jǔshǒu huídá wèntí 。
I didn’t do so well in my studies. But my parents always told me that I could achieve success if I work harder. So I was like a bird sticking its head out when I was in class. I kept raising my hand answering the teacher's questions.
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姐姐非常笨。
jiějie fēicháng bèn 。
Big sister is very stupid.
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因为猪看起来笨笨的、呆呆的，所以我们说猪是老实的，或者是温和的。
yīnwèi zhū kàn qǐlái bèn bèn de 、dāi dāi de ，suǒyǐ wǒmen shuō zhū shì lǎoshi de ，huòzhě shì wēnhé de 。
Because pigs look dumb, we think they are sincere or gentle.
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