zhuō sè

Traditional: 拙澀

拙涩 (zhuō sè) is a Chinese word meaning “clumsy and incomprehensible; botched writing”.

Meanings

  1. 1clumsy and incomprehensible
  2. 2botched writing

Characters in 拙涩

拙zhuō · awkward涩sè · astringent

Related words

笨拙clumsy拙劣clumsy; botched苦涩bitter and astringent涩astringent涩old variant of 澀|涩[se4]羞涩shy; bashful晦涩difficult to understand拙awkward弄巧成拙to overreach oneself干涩dry and rough (skin)囊中羞涩to be embarrassingly short of money拙作my unworthy manuscript (humble expr.)

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