俗气 | sú qì | tacky / inelegant / in poor taste / vulgar / banal | |
拙 | zhuō | awkward / clumsy / dull / inelegant / (polite) my / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2] | |
削足适履 | xuē zú shì lu:3 | to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom) / to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed) / impractical or inelegant solution |