bù​láng​bù​xiù

mediocre

  • created reference approved 不郎不秀 → 不稂不莠 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不郎不秀 bù​láng​bù​xiù

    不稂不莠 bù​láng​bù​yǒu

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 不郎不秀 · bù​láng​bù​xiù · mediocre — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不郎不秀

    bù​láng​bù​xiù

    mediocre

    neither high nor low; middle-of-the-road; originally referring to being neither of the commoner rank [[郎|郎|lang2]] nor the aristocratic rank [[秀|秀|xiu4]]

    bù​láng​bú​xiù

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 郎 (literal) → 郎 · láng · young man 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 秀 (literal) → 秀 · xiù · talented person

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 不郎不秀 · bù​láng​bù​xiù · good-for-nothing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不郎不秀

    bù​láng​bù​xiù

    good-for-nothing

    useless; shiftless; having no promise or merit

    bù​láng​bú​xiù

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 郎 (literal) → 郎 · láng · young man 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 秀 (literal) → 秀 · xiù · talented person

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense