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庸
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- 1
adj.inferior; second-rate; not brilliant
庸碌
common and unremarkable
庸言庸行
commonplace word and deed
庸人
mediocre person
- 2
v.fmlneed; (used in the negative)
毋庸多言
no need for reticence
无庸详述。
This needn't be related in detail.
- 3
adv.fml(used in rhetorical questions) how; in what way
庸能弃乎?
How could this possibly be relinquished?
庸有救乎?
How could this be of any help?
Words and phrases with 庸
- 庸医[word]quack
- 庸常[word]commonplace
- 庸碌无能[word]mediocre and incompetent
- 庸碌无为[word]mess around doing nothing significant
- 庸碌之辈[word]second-raters
- 庸俗化[word]vulgarize
- 庸言[word]a trite remark
- 庸俗[word]vulgar
- 庸劣[word]inferior
- 庸庸碌碌[idiom]be busy over trivialities without making the slightest contribution to society
- 庸夫俗子[idiom]ordinary persons and laymen
- 庸中佼佼[idiom]be a Triton among the minnows
- 庸人自扰[idiom]alarm oneself needlessly