死板
sǐ bǎn
Pinyin

Definition

死板
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sǐ bǎn
  1. rigid
  2. inflexible

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

死
sǐ
  1. 1 to die
  2. 2 impassable
  3. 3 uncrossable
  4. 4 inflexible
  5. 5 rigid
  6. 6 extremely
  7. 7 damned
老板
lǎo bǎn
  1. 1 variant of 老闆|老板[lǎo bǎn]
主板
zhǔ bǎn
  1. 1 motherboard (computing)
冻死
dòng sǐ
  1. 1 to freeze to death
  2. 2 to die off in winter
刻板
kè bǎn
  1. 1 stiff
  2. 2 inflexible
  3. 3 mechanical
  4. 4 stubborn
  5. 5 to cut blocks for printing
半死
bàn sǐ
  1. 1 half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc)
  2. 2 (tired) to death
  3. 3 (terrified) out of one's wits
  4. 4 (beaten) to within an inch of one's life
  5. 5 (knock) the daylights out of sb
去死
qù sǐ
  1. 1 go to hell!
  2. 2 drop dead!
地板
dì bǎn
  1. 1 floor
堵死
dǔ sǐ
  1. 1 to block (a road)
  2. 2 to plug (a hole)
  3. 3 to stop up
天花板
tiān huā bǎn
  1. 1 ceiling
害死
hài sǐ
  1. 1 to kill
  2. 2 to cause death
  3. 3 to do sb to death
平板
píng bǎn
  1. 1 slab
  2. 2 plate
  3. 3 dull
  4. 4 monotonous
  5. 5 tablet (computer)
弄死
nòng sǐ
  1. 1 to kill
  2. 2 to put to death
打死
dǎ sǐ
  1. 1 to kill
  2. 2 to beat to death
拼死
pīn sǐ
  1. 1 to go all out for sth at risk of one's life
掐死
qiā sǐ
  1. 1 to throttle
  2. 2 to choke to death
摔死
shuāi sǐ
  1. 1 to fall to one's death
撑死
chēng sǐ
  1. 1 full to the point of bursting
  2. 2 (coll.) at most
撞死
zhuàng sǐ
  1. 1 to knock down and kill sb with a car
  2. 2 to run over sb
  3. 3 to run sb down
敢死队
gǎn sǐ duì
  1. 1 suicide squad
  2. 2 kamikaze unit

Idioms (20)

一板一眼
yī bǎn yī yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
  2. 2 scrupulous attention to detail
一板三眼
yī bǎn sān yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
  1. 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
  3. 3 it's either him or me
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life
人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
  1. 1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
  2. 2 two parties cannot coexist
兔死狐悲
tù sǐ hú bēi
  1. 1 lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
兔死狗烹
tù sǐ gǒu pēng
  1. 1 lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
出生入死
chū shēng rù sǐ
  1. 1 from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water
  2. 2 brave
  3. 3 willing to risk life and limb
厚死薄生
hòu sǐ bó shēng
  1. 1 lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
  2. 2 fig. to live in the past (idiom)
哀莫大于心死
āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ
  1. 1 nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
  2. 2 no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices
  3. 3 the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart
  4. 4 nothing is more wretched than apathy
垂死挣扎
chuí sǐ zhēng zhá
  1. 1 deathbed struggle
  2. 2 final struggle (idiom)
好死不如赖活着
hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe
  1. 1 better a bad life than a good death (idiom)
宁死不屈
nìng sǐ bù qū
  1. 1 rather die than submit (idiom)
欲仙欲死
yù xiān yù sǐ
  1. 1 to wish one were dead (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) to be in seventh heaven
战死沙场
zhàn sǐ shā chǎng
  1. 1 to die in battle (idiom)
打蛇不死，后患无穷
dǎ shé bù sǐ , hòu huàn wú qióng
  1. 1 if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue (idiom)

Sample Sentences

假使他把原诗写成了“我心里有猛虎雄踞在花旁”，那就会显得呆笨，死板，徒然加强了人性的内在矛盾。
jiǎshǐ tā bǎ yuán shī xiěchéng le “wǒ xīnli yǒu měng hǔ xióngjù zài huā páng ”，nā jiù huì xiǎnde dāibèn ，sǐbǎn ，túrán jiāqiáng le rénxìng de nèizài máodùn 。
If he'd written the line in the original poem as "In me the tiger towers proudly beside the rose", it would seem clumsy and stiff, emphasizing the internal conflict in humanity a little excessively.
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他这个人就是这样死板，没办法和他沟通。
tā zhège rén jiùshì zhèyàng sǐbǎn ，méi bànfǎ hé tā gōutōng 。
This person is so rigid. There is no way to communicate with him.
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死板
sǐbǎn
rigid
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那是几年前的情况了。现在，好多大学都采用学分制，也开设了好多选修科目，鼓励学生多接触不同的知识。而且，换专业也比过去容易多了。总之，现在中国大学的制度和氛围早就不像以前那么死板了。
nà shì jǐnián qián de qíngkuàng le 。xiànzài ，hǎo duō dàxué dōu cǎiyòng xuéfēnzhì ，yě kāishè le hǎo duō xuǎnxiū kēmù ，gǔlì xuésheng duō jiēchù bùtóng de zhīshi 。érqiě ，huàn zhuānyè yě bǐ guòqù róngyì duō le 。zǒngzhī ，xiànzài Zhōngguó dàxué de zhìdù hé fēnwéi zǎo jiù bù xiàng yǐqián nàme sǐbǎn le 。
That's how things used to be in the past. Now, a lot of universities are credit-based, and they've started up a lot of elective courses. They encourage students to try out unfamiliar fields of knowledge. And changing your major is much easier today than it used to be. In sum, for a long time now modern Chinese universities' rules and atmosphere haven't been that rigid.
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这次考的是整个学期的内容，但是重点在第五到第十章。大家要多花些心思。 这次的内容不像期中考那么死板。所以，你们要真正了解学过的东西，并且灵活运用。
zhècì kǎo de shì zhěnggè xuéqī de nèiróng ，dànshì zhòngdiǎn zài dìwǔ dào dì shí zhāng 。dàjiā yào duō huā xiē xīnsi 。 zhècì de nèiróng bù xiàng qīzhōng kǎo nàme sǐbǎn 。suǒyǐ ，nǐmen yào zhēnzhèng liǎojiě xué guo de dōngxi ，bìngqiě línghuó yùnyòng 。
This exam is on the material from the entire semester, but it emphasis on Chapters 5 through 10. Everyone needs to put some extra thought into this exam. The content is not as rigid as the mid-term exam, so you all need to really understand the material that you have learned, and be able to apply it in a flexible way.
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