单调乏味 — Chinese idiom
单调乏味
dān diào fá wèi
Traditional: 單調乏味
Meaning
- monotonous
- dull
- tedious
Character by character
- 单dānsingle, individual, only; lone
- 调diàotune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange
- 乏fápoor; short, lacking; tired
- 味wèitaste; smell, odor; delicacy
Idioms sharing a character
- 势单力薄 shì dān lì bó
- 单人匹马 dān rén pǐ mǎ
- 单刀直入 dān dāo zhí rù
- 单刀赴会 dān dāo fù huì
- 单打独斗 dān dǎ dú dòu
- 单枪匹马 dān qiāng pǐ mǎ
- 形单影只 xíng dān yǐng zhī
- 祸不单行 huò bù dān xíng
- 衣单食薄 yī dān shí bó
- 怪腔怪调 guài qiāng guài diào
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