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平淡

píng dàn

2-character word

What 平淡 means

1. flat
2. dull
3. ordinary
4. nothing special

The characters in 平淡

• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level
• 淡dàninsipid; diluted; weak

Example sentences

• 我觉得我的工作太平淡无奇了。
  Wǒ juéde wǒ de gōngzuò tàipíng dàn wú qí le.
  I guess my job is pretty undramatic.
• 玛丽是个平淡无奇的人，但是汤姆却认为她出类拔萃。
  Mǎlì shì gè píngdànwúqí de rén, dànshì Tāngmǔ què rènwéi tā chūlèibácuì.
  Mary is fairly plain, but Tom thinks she's the bee's knees.
• 如果有人早期对俾斯麦说他是个很好的演说家，他会很生气。那也太平淡了，他会说自己不是个好演说家，我说话结巴。我是个政治家，不是个好演说家。
  If someone told Bismarck early on that he's a great public speaker, he would be very angry. That's so plain, he would say he is not a good public speaker, I talk with a stammer. I'm a politician, not a good public speaker.

Words starting with 平淡

• 平淡无奇píng dàn wú qíordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about

Sounds the same

Read píng dàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 平旦(literary) daybreak; dawn