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Bland and tasteless, the Chinese vocabulary comes from the Three Kingdoms, Wei, Liu Shao, "Characteristics · Jiu Zheng Yi", which is interpreted as qualitative and tasteless.

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Bland and tasteless, the Chinese vocabulary comes from the Three Kingdoms, Wei, Liu Shao, "Characteristics · Jiu Zheng Yi", which is interpreted as qualitative and tasteless.

Chinese name

Bland

Pronunciation

píng dàn wú wèi

Definition

Quiet and tasteless

Provenance

Three Kingdoms, Wei, Liu Shao, "Characteristics · Jiu Zhengyi"

[Title] bland and tasteless

[Pronunciation] píng dàn wú wèi

[Interpretation] This refers to the qualitative and tasteless. The latter is often mediocre and lacks characteristics. ^[1]

[Source] Three Kingdoms, Wei, Liu Shao, "Characteristics · Jiuzheng 1": "The quality of mortals is the most expensive, and the quality of neutrality must be bland and tasteless. Therefore, it is adjusted into five materials, and the changes should be seasonal.

[Example] Mao Dun's "Creation" 2: "And in the boudoir, she is often passive, which makes Junshi feel bland."

[Idiom nature] derogatory words

[Synonym] Little-known, taste the same

[Antonym] intriguing