生硬
shēng yìng
Pinyin

Definition

生硬
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shēng yìng
  1. stiff
  2. harsh

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
Xiān sheng
  1. 1 Mister (Mr.)
nu:3 shēng
  1. 1 schoolgirl
  2. 2 female student
  3. 3 girl
xué sheng
  1. 1 student
  2. 2 schoolchild
shēng
  1. 1 to be born
  2. 2 to give birth
  3. 3 life
  4. 4 to grow
  5. 5 raw
  6. 6 uncooked
  7. 7 student
shēng mìng
  1. 1 life (as the characteristic of living beings)
  2. 2 living being
  3. 3 creature
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],條|条[tiáo]
shēng rì
  1. 1 birthday
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
shēng huó
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 activity
  3. 3 to live
  4. 4 livelihood
fā shēng
  1. 1 to happen
  2. 2 to occur
  3. 3 to take place
  4. 4 to break out
yī shēng
  1. 1 all one's life
  2. 2 throughout one's life
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
jīn shēng
  1. 1 this life
lái shēng
  1. 1 next life
jiāng yìng
  1. 1 stiff
  2. 2 rigid
zài shēng
  1. 1 to be reborn
  2. 2 to regenerate
  3. 3 to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person)
  4. 4 recycling
  5. 5 regeneration
chū shēng
  1. 1 to be born
jiān yìng
  1. 1 hard
  2. 2 solid
yè shēng huó
  1. 1 night life
dà xué shēng
  1. 1 university student
  2. 2 college student

Idioms (20)

一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
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
了无生趣
liǎo wú shēng qù
  1. 1 to lose all interest in life (idiom)
人生一世,草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
  1. 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng
  1. 1 it's a small world (idiom)
人生如梦
rén shēng rú mèng
  1. 1 life is but a dream (idiom)
人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生朝露
rén shēng zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生盛衰
rén shēng shèng shuāi
  1. 1 life has its ups and downs (idiom)
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
  1. 1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
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
刀不磨要生锈,人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
  1. 1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
初生之犊不畏虎
chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ
  1. 1 lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the fearlessness of youth
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the young are fearless
别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn
  1. 1 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
  2. 2 to break fresh ground
劫后余生
jié hòu yú shēng
  1. 1 after the calamity, renewed life (idiom); new lease of life
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)

Sample Sentences

这种营销传播速度快,成本投入小。不过需要培养有能力的员工来操作。比如内容要简洁,和产品本身结合起来,既能达到推销的目的又不生硬。
zhèzhǒng yíngxiāo chuánbō sùdù kuài ,chéngběn tóurù xiǎo 。bùguò xūyào péiyǎng yǒu nénglì de yuángōng lái cāozuò 。bǐrú nèiróng yào jiǎnjié ,hé chǎnpǐn běnshēn jiéhé qǐlái ,jì néng dádào tuīxiāo de mùdi yòu bù shēngyìng 。
This kind of marketing promotion is very fast and the cost to invest in it is small. However, we need trained and skilled workers to do it. For example, the content needs to be simple and incorporate the products in it, but still get sales results and not be unnatural.
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比较生硬。
bǐjiào shēngyìng 。
more strong
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就是。对话都是按照语法点编的,很生硬。有些话平时我们根本不那样说。
jiùshì 。duìhuà dōu shì ànzhào yǔfǎdiǎn biān de ,hěn shēngyìng 。yǒuxiē huà píngshí wǒmen gēnběn bù nàyàng shuō 。
Exactly. The dialogs are all written according to grammar points – they sound forced. Some of those expressions we would never say in daily life.
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