乏味
fá wèi
Pinyin

Definition

乏味
 - 
fá wèi
  1. tedious

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

口味
kǒu wèi
  1. 1 a person's preferences
  2. 2 tastes (in food)
  3. 3 flavor
味
wèi
  1. 1 taste
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 classifier for drugs (in TCM)
味道
wèi dao
  1. 1 flavor
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 hint of
滋味
zī wèi
  1. 1 taste
  2. 2 flavor
  3. 3 feeling
缺乏
quē fá
  1. 1 to lack
  2. 2 to be short of
  3. 3 lack
  4. 4 shortage
美味
měi wèi
  1. 1 delicious
  2. 2 delicious food
  3. 3 delicacy
一味
yī wèi
  1. 1 blindly
  2. 2 invariably
乏力
fá lì
  1. 1 lacking in strength
  2. 2 weak
  3. 3 feeble
乏味
fá wèi
  1. 1 tedious
入味
rù wèi
  1. 1 tasty
  2. 2 to be absorbed in sth
  3. 3 interesting
原味
yuán wèi
  1. 1 authentic taste
  2. 2 plain cooked
  3. 3 natural flavor (without spices and seasonings)
味儿
wèi r5
  1. 1 taste
味精
wèi jīng
  1. 1 monosodium glutamate (MSG)
品味
pǐn wèi
  1. 1 to sample
  2. 2 to taste
  3. 3 to appreciate
  4. 4 one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc)
  5. 5 good taste
回味
huí wèi
  1. 1 to reflect on
  2. 2 to ponder over
  3. 3 aftertaste
年味
nián wèi
  1. 1 Spring Festival atmosphere
  2. 2 festive ambiance of Chinese New Year
意味
yì wèi
  1. 1 meaning
  2. 2 implication
  3. 3 flavor
  4. 4 overtone
  5. 5 to mean
  6. 6 to imply
  7. 7 (Tw) to get a sense of
有味
yǒu wèi
  1. 1 tasty
气味
qì wèi
  1. 1 odor
  2. 2 scent
无味
wú wèi
  1. 1 tasteless
  2. 2 odorless

Idioms (16)

乏善可陈
fá shàn kě chén
  1. 1 to be nothing to write home about (idiom)
五味俱全
wǔ wèi jù quán
  1. 1 a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun
五味杂陈
wǔ wèi zá chén
  1. 1 with complex feelings (idiom)
人困马乏
rén kùn mǎ fá
  1. 1 riders tired and horses weary (idiom)
  2. 2 worn out
  3. 3 exhausted
  4. 4 spent
  5. 5 fatigued
分身乏术
fēn shēn fá shù
  1. 1 to be up to one's ears in work (idiom)
  2. 2 to be unable to attend to other things at the same time
勤劳不虞匮乏
qín láo bù yú kuì fá
  1. 1 Poverty is a stranger to industry. (idiom)
味同嚼蜡
wèi tóng jiáo là
  1. 1 tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)
  2. 2 tasteless
  3. 3 insipid
单调乏味
dān diào fá wèi
  1. 1 monotonous
  2. 2 dull
  3. 3 tedious (idiom)
回天乏术
huí tiān fá shù
  1. 1 unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail to save the situation
欲振乏力
yù zhèn fá lì
  1. 1 to try to rouse oneself but lack the strength (idiom)
津津有味
jīn jīn yǒu wèi
  1. 1 with keen interest (idiom)
  2. 2 with great pleasure
  3. 3 with gusto
  4. 4 eagerly
淡泊寡味
dàn bó guǎ wèi
  1. 1 insipid and tasteless (idiom)
珍馐美味
zhēn xiū měi wèi
  1. 1 delicacy and fine taste (idiom); a wonderful treat
食不知味
shí bù zhī wèi
  1. 1 lit. to eat without tasting the food
  2. 2 worried or downhearted (idiom)
食之无味，弃之可惜
shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī kě xī
  1. 1 lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them
香味扑鼻
xiāng wèi pū bí
  1. 1 exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你怎么总是泼我冷水啊？A型的男人乏味，B型的男人花心，AB型的男人神经质，难道只有O型的才算好男人？
nǐ zěnme zǒngshì pō wǒ lěngshuǐ ā ？Axíng de nánrén fáwèi ，Bxíng de nánrén huāxīn ，ABxíng de nánrén shénjīngzhì ，nándào zhǐyǒu Oxíng de cái suàn hǎo nánrén ？
How come you keep pouring cold water on me? Men with A-blood are boring, men with B-love are promiscuous, people with AB-blood are nervous. Can you really mean that only people with O-blood are good?
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