无 聊 wú liáo bored / boring / senseless 干 燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure 没 意 思 méi yì si boring / of no interest 没 劲 méi jìn to have no strength / to feel weak / exhausted / feeling listless / boring / of no interest 生 厌 shēng yàn to disgust / to pall / fed up / tedious / cloying / boring / irritating 枯 (of plants) withered / (of wells, rivers, etc) dried up / (bound form) dull / boring / (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds 没 有 意 思 méi yǒu yì si boring / of no interest 腻 人 nì rén greasy / boring 螟 虫 míng chóng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest 螟 boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest 钎 a drill (for boring through rock) 钻 坚 仰 高 zuān jiān yǎng gāo lit. looking up to it, it gets higher / boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects) / fig. to delve deeply into one's studies / meticulous and diligent study 陈 谷 子 烂 芝 麻 chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom) / fig. the same boring old gossip 钎 子 qiān zi hammer drill for boring through rock 灰 不 溜 丢 huī bu liū diū gloomy and dull (idiom) / boring and gray / unpleasantly murky 炮 钎 pào qiān a drill / a hammer drill for boring through rock / same as 釺子|钎子 絮 烦 xù fán boring prattle 莫 名 奇 妙 mò míng qí miào odd / baffling / unaccountable / mysterious / boring (e.g. movie) 釺 a drill (for boring through rock) 钻 心 虫 zuān xīn chóng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest 尿 点 niào diǎn the boring part of something (film, show, etc.) where a bathroom break can be taken 盾 构 机 dùn gòu jī tunnel boring machine
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