zhuō
liè

HSK 7-9
common
adjective

Meaning of 拙劣

拙劣 means clumsy and inferior; of poor quality; shoddy; inept. Pronounced zhuō liè. HSK 7-9.

  • clumsy and inferior; of poor quality; shoddy; inept

Definitions & Examples

de
biǎo
yǎn
tài
zhuō
liè
le
 
guān
zhòng
dōu
qián
chǎng
le
 

His performance was so inept that the audience left early.

Zhè
piān
wén
zhāng
wén
zhuō
liè
 
cuò
bǎi
chū
 

This article is poorly written and full of mistakes.

Zhè
shì
zhuō
liè
de
jiè
kǒu
 
méi
rén
huì
xiāng
xìn
de
 

This is a lame excuse; nobody will believe it.

shù
zhuō
liè
 
gēn
běn
zuò
bu
hǎo
zhè
jīng
de
gōng
zuò
 

His skills are shoddy; he simply cannot do this delicate work properly.

Zhè
zhǐ
shì
zhuō
liè
de
fǎng仿
 
háo
chuàng
yán
 

This is merely a clumsy imitation with no originality whatsoever.