"Insipid" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 清淡 | qīng dàn | light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored) / insipid / slack (sales) |   |
| 淡 |  dàn | insipid / diluted / weak / mild / light in color / tasteless / indifferent / (variant of 氮[dan4]) nitrogen | |
| 淡淡 | dàn dàn | faint / dim / dull / insipid / unenthusiastic / indifferent | |
| 干巴巴 | gān bā bā | dry / parched / dull / insipid | |
| 味同嚼蜡 | wèi tóng jiáo là | lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom) / fig. tasteless / insipid | |
| 清汤寡水 | qīng tāng guǎ shuǐ | meager fare / (fig.) insipid / colorless | |
| 索然无味 | suǒ rán wú wèi | dull / insipid | |
| 嚼蜡 | jiáo là | insipid | |
| 寡淡 | guǎ dàn | insipid / bland / indifferent | |
| 君子之交淡如水 | jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ | a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) | |
| 君子之交 | jūn zǐ zhī jiāo | friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) | |
| 淡泊寡味 | dàn bó guǎ wèi | insipid and tasteless (idiom) | |
| 薄酒 | báo jiǔ | dilute wine / insipid wine / I'm sorry the wine I offer you is so poor. (humble) | |
| 索然寡味 | suǒ rán guǎ wèi | dull and insipid | |
