嚼蜡 (嚼蠟) jiáolà

jiáolà noun insipid
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: , Concept:
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '嚼蠟')

Contained in

• 味同嚼蜡(味同嚼蠟) tastes as if one is chewing wax ; tasteless; insipid ; the taste of chewing candle

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Lecture 12: A Society that Loves to Read 第十二講‧書香社會 One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 6: Propagation of Buddhism 《僧事百講6－佛教推展》 — count: 1
• Buddhism and Life (1) 佛教與生活（一） Humanistic Buddhism Series 3 - Buddhism and Life 《人間佛教系列3－佛教與生活》 — count: 1
• Hsing Yun Diary 17 - The Dharma Gate of Non-Duality: Joy and Harmony 星雲日記17～不二法門 歡喜與融和(1992/5/16～1992/5/31) Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》 — count: 1
• Chuan Deng Institute - Physical Exercise Polishes Strength 傳燈學院 鍛鍊磨出實力 Humanistic Buddhism Selected Letters 《人間佛教書信選》 — count: 1

Collocations

• 宛如嚼蜡 (宛如嚼蠟) 但有人對讀書的感受則宛如嚼蠟 — Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》, Hsing Yun Diary 17 - The Dharma Gate of Non-Duality: Joy and Harmony 星雲日記17～不二法門 歡喜與融和(1992/5/16～1992/5/31) — count: 2