"Dull" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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缓解 huǎn jiě to bring relief / to alleviate (a crisis) / to dull (a pain)
沉闷 chén mèn oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled
干燥 gān zào to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc) / desiccation / dull / uninteresting / arid
淡淡 dàn dàn faint / dim / dull / insipid / unenthusiastic / indifferent
平淡 píng dàn flat / dull / ordinary / nothing special
平板 píng bǎn slab / plate / dull / monotonous / tablet (computer)
暗淡 àn dàn dark / dim (light) / dull (color) / drab / (fig.) gloomy / bleak
呆滞 dāi zhì dull / lifeless / sluggish
无趣 wú qù dull / vapid / colorless
没趣 méi qù embarrassing / dull / unsatisfactory
索然 suǒ rán dull / dry
干巴巴 gān bā bā dry / parched / dull / insipid
拙 zhuō awkward / clumsy / dull / inelegant / (polite) my / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]
黯 àn deep black / dark / dull (color)
瘟 wēn epidemic / pestilence / plague / (fig.) stupid / dull / (of a performance) lackluster
索然无味 suǒ rán wú wèi dull / insipid
板滞 bǎn zhì stiff / dull
憃 chōng foolish / stupid / dull / silly
半明不灭 bàn míng bù miè dull (lamplight)
单调乏味 dān diào fá wèi monotonous / dull / tedious (idiom)
暗滞 àn zhì dull (complexion)
驽钝 nú dùn (literary) dull / slow-witted
枯燥 kū zào dry and dull / uninteresting / dry-as-dust
淡化 dàn huà to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination
灰暗 huī àn dull gray / drab / murky
灰溜溜 huī liū liū dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs
隐痛 yǐn tòng hidden anguish / secret suffering / (medicine) dull pain
枯寂 kū jì dull and lonely
怚 jù dull, stupid, suspicious
灰不喇唧 huī bù lǎ jī dull gray / gray and loathsome
灰不溜丢 huī bu liū diū gloomy and dull (idiom) / boring and gray / unpleasantly murky
无精打彩 wú jīng dǎ cǎi dull and colorless (idiom) / lacking vitality / not lively
迂讷 yū nè overcautious / conservative and dull in conversation
索然寡味 suǒ rán guǎ wèi dull and insipid
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