| 单调 | dān diào | monotonous | ![]() |
| 平板 | píng bǎn | slab / flat board / (engineering) surface plate / flat / level / (fig.) dull / monotonous / abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑[ping2ban3 dian4nao3] and 平板手機|平板手机[ping2ban3 shou3ji1] | ![]() |
| 单调乏味 | dān diào fá wèi | monotonous / dull / tedious (idiom) | ![]() |
| 亘古不变 | gèn gǔ bù biàn | unchanging since times immemorial (idiom) / unalterable / unvarying / monotonous | ![]() |
| 拉磨 | lā mò | (of a donkey etc) to turn a millstone / (fig.) to do laborious and monotonous work | ![]() |
