平 píng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
平庸
píngyōng
mediocre; ordinary and unremarkable
Characters in this word
庸 yōng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他并非缺乏勤奋，而是满足于平庸，从不愿意挑战更高标准。 Tā bìngfēi quēfá qínfèn, ér shì mǎnzú yú píngyōng, cóng bù yuànyì tiǎozhàn gèng gāo biāozhǔn. He is not lacking in diligence; rather, he is content with mediocrity and never willing to challenge higher standards.
- 她不想过平庸的一生，所以决定出国学艺术。 Tā bù xiǎng guò píngyōng de yìshēng, suǒyǐ juédìng chūguó xué yìshù. She doesn't want a mediocre life, so she decided to go abroad to study art.
- 这部电影情节平庸，看完很快就忘了。 Zhè bù diànyǐng qíngjié píngyōng, kànwán hěn kuài jiù wàng le. This film's plot is mediocre, and I forgot it soon after watching.