平 píng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
平淡
píngdàn
plain; dull; uneventful
Characters in this word
淡 dàn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 炎 flame, blaze
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这部小说的开头看似平淡，却埋下了复杂的心理线索。 Zhè bù xiǎoshuō de kāitóu kànsì píngdàn, què máixià le fùzá de xīnlǐ xiànsuǒ. The opening of this novel seems plain, yet it plants complex psychological clues.
- 他的生活平淡，每天都是家和公司两点一线。 Tā de shēnghuó píngdàn, měitiān dōu shì jiā hé gōngsī liǎng diǎn yí xiàn. His life is uneventful: every day is just home and the office.
- 这碗汤味道太平淡了，再放点盐吧。 Zhè wǎn tāng wèidao tài píngdàn le, zài fàng diǎn yán ba. This bowl of soup tastes too bland; add a little more salt.