笨拙 | bèn zhuō | clumsy; awkward; stupid | |
拙劣 | zhuō liè | clumsy; botched | |
弄巧成拙 | nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō | to overreach oneself; to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face | |
稚拙 | zhì zhuō | young and clumsy; childish and awkward | |
拙作 | zhuō zuò | my unworthy manuscript (humble expr.); my humble writing |
1 | Failure to comply will make you look silly. | |
2 | They just lack confidence, or are really bad with words. | |
3 | I wrote her some bad poems and had more than one sleepless night through anger with her betrothed. | |
4 | A taste of real love meant that everything else paled in comparison. | |
5 | As a writer -- Kushner published a few books including "Public Speaking for Dummies" -- he is also glad to save books from destruction, he said. |