# 拙劣 (zhuōliè)

In Mandarin Chinese, 拙劣 (zhuōliè) means “clumsy; botched; crude”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: clumsy; botched; crude
- Pinyin: zhuōliè (zhuo1 lie4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他的演技十分拙劣，令人难以信服。
  Tā de yǎnjì shífēn zhuōliè, lìngrén nányǐ xìnfú.
  His acting skills are clumsy and unconvincing.

## Characters

- 拙 (zhuō): awkward; clumsy
- 劣 (liè): inferior

https://hanziro.com/word/zhuo-lie-clumsy/

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