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枯燥

kū zào
HSK 7

English Meaning

dry and dull; uninteresting; dry-as-dust

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 2 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
把你从一个枯燥的工作狂
HSK 6 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“You used to be so boring and obsessed with work, but look how much warmer you've become thanks to me.”

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一年的时间

“In just one year,”

“she turned you from a boring workaholic”

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调教得身上都有烟火气了

“into someone more down-to-earth.”

《蜜语纪》 · social_and_dating
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枯燥的理论研究 大把人可以做
HSK 6 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“Pure theory is self-indulgent when our country desperately needs practical applications.”

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她说

“She said”

“plenty of people can handle dull theoretical research.”

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但国家目前需要的 是计算数学的研发

“What the country needs right now is the development of computational mathematics.”

《纯真年代的爱情》 · school_and_education
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