乏善可陈 — Chinese idiom
乏善可陈
fá shàn kě chén
Traditional: 乏善可陳
Meaning
- to be nothing to write home about
Character by character
- 乏fápoor; short, lacking; tired
- 善shàngood, virtuous, charitable, kind
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 陈chénto display, to exhibit; to plead; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 人困马乏 rén kùn mǎ fá
- 分身乏术 fēn shēn fá shù
- 单调乏味 dān diào fá wèi
- 回天乏术 huí tiān fá shù
- 欲振乏力 yù zhèn fá lì
- 兼善天下 jiān shàn tiān xià
- 劝善惩恶 quàn shàn chéng è
- 善始善终 shàn shǐ shàn zhōng
- 善有善报 shàn yǒu shàn bào
- 善罢甘休 shàn bà gān xiū
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