差强人意
chā​qiáng​rén​yì

just passable

  • created sense approved 差强人意/差強人意 · chā​qiáng​rén​yì · just passable — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    差强人意 / 差強人意

    chā​qiáng​rén​yì

    just passable

    (idiom) barely satisfactory; just good enough to be acceptable. Originally meant to be quite heartening or encouraging, but in modern usage describes something that is only roughly acceptable.

    差 (literal) → 差 · chā · slightly 强 (literal) → 强/強 · qiáng · to strengthen 人意 (literal) → 人意 · rén​yì · people's wishes

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

    created sense