Chinese symbol for “botched”
拙劣
zhuō liè
clumsy; botched
The closest CC-CEDICT match for botched is 拙劣 (zhuō liè), defined as: clumsy; botched.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拙劣.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 笨拙 | bèn zhuō | clumsy; awkward |
| 弄巧成拙 | nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō | to overreach oneself; to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face |
| 拙作 | zhuō zuò | my unworthy manuscript (humble expr.); my humble writing |
| 拙著 | zhuō zhù | my unworthy writing (humble expr.); my worthless manuscript |
| 弄巧反拙 | nòng qiǎo fǎn zhuō | see 弄巧成拙 (nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō) |
| 恶劣 (惡劣) | è liè | vile; nasty |
| 劣势 (劣勢) | liè shì | inferior; disadvantaged |
| 低劣 | dī liè | inferior quality; substandard |
See also: Japanese symbol for “botched”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.