迟钝 | chí dùn | slow in one's reactions; sluggish (in movement or thought) | |
愚钝 | yú dùn | stupid; slow-witted | |
钝角 | dùn jiǎo | obtuse angle | |
鲁钝 | lǔ dùn | stupid; slow on the uptake | |
成败利钝 | chéng bài lì dùn | succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom); advantages and disadvantages; success and failure; You win some, you lose some. |
1 | But all I remember is walking down a hallway of horrors, with one burly, blunt-nosed dog after another in some state of distress. | |
2 | Except for the most obtuse of market watchers, pretty much everyone has remarked on the recent lockstep inverse correlation seen between the S&P 500-stock index. | |
3 | When learning computer programming, I found it helpful to look at a function like a pencil sharpener. A parameter was a dull pencil, inside processes sharpened and returned a sharp pencil. | |
4 | Using them like a blunt instrument can hinder rather than help achieve the desired result. | |
5 | My pencil is blunt, could you lend me a knife to sharpen it? |