"boring prattle" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
絮烦 絮煩 xù fán boring prattle
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
无聊 無聊 wú liáo bored / boring / senseless syn
唠叨 嘮叨 láo dao to prattle / to chatter away / to nag / garrulous / nagging syn
没意思 沒意思 méi yì si boring / of no interest syn
没劲 沒勁 méi jìn to have no strength / to feel weak / exhausted / feeling listless / boring / of no interest syn
干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn
空谈 空談 kōng tán prattle / idle chit-chat syn
大放厥词 大放厥詞 dà fàng jué cí to prattle on self-importantly (idiom) syn
絮絮 xù xu endless prattle / to chatter incessantly
生厌 生厭 shēng yàn to disgust / to pall / fed up / tedious / cloying / boring / irritating
(of plants) withered / (of wells, rivers, etc) dried up / (bound form) dull / boring / (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds syn
qiān a drill (for boring through rock) syn
螟虫 螟蟲 míng chóng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn
wood-boring insect syn
míng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn
钎子 釺子 qiān zi hammer drill for boring through rock syn
钻坚仰高 鑽堅仰高 zuān jiān yǎng gāo lit. looking up to it, it gets higher / boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects) / fig. to delve deeply into one's studies / meticulous and diligent study
陈谷子烂芝麻 陳谷子爛芝麻 chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom) / fig. the same boring old gossip
有嘴无心 有嘴無心 yǒu zuǐ wú xīn to talk without any intention of acting on it / empty prattle syn
空喊 kōng hǎn idle clamor / to prattle syn
絮聒 xù guō noisy prattle / to chatter loudly
碎碎念 suì suì niàn to sound like a broken record / to prattle / to nag / to mutter
没有意思 沒有意思 méi yǒu yì si boring / of no interest
灰不溜丢 灰不溜丟 huī bu liū diū gloomy and dull (idiom) / boring and gray / unpleasantly murky
炮钎 炮釺 pào qiān a drill / a hammer drill for boring through rock / same as 釺子|钎子
腻人 膩人 nì rén greasy / boring
莫名奇妙 mò míng qí miào odd / baffling / unaccountable / mysterious / boring (e.g. movie)
qiān a drill (for boring through rock)
钻心虫 鑽心蟲 zuān xīn chóng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn
尿点 尿點 niào diǎn the boring part of something (film, show, etc.) where a bathroom break can be taken
盾构机 盾構機 dùn gòu jī tunnel boring machine
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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