拙劣

zhuō liè

HSK 7–9

Meaning

笨拙而低劣；不精巧。

clumsy and inferior; not skillful.

常用于形容技艺、表演、作品、手段等不熟练、质量差。

Often used to describe skills, performances, works, methods, etc. that are unskilled or of poor quality.

1 他那拙劣的演技让观众大失所望。 (His clumsy acting disappointed the audience greatly.)
2 这幅画的笔法太拙劣，完全没有艺术感。 (The brushwork in this painting is too crude, completely lacking artistic sense.)
3 他试图用拙劣的谎言掩盖真相，但很快被揭穿。 (He tried to cover up the truth with a clumsy lie, but was soon exposed.)
4 这个产品的设计拙劣，功能也不完善。 (The design of this product is shoddy, and its functions are incomplete.)
5 他的演讲辞藻拙劣，内容空洞无物。 (His speech had poor rhetoric and empty content.)

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