day 4stubborn, silly, careless
unit 1 · people and characterstubborn, silly, careless
Tease and criticise: stubborn, fussy, careless, silly, lazy and shallow, and read word-building suffixes like -然, -为 and -制.
today’s words
- 固执 gùzhi · stubborn, obstinate
- 倔强 juéjiàng · unbending, strong-willed
- 倔 juè · gruff, stubborn (spoken)
- 顽固 wángù · stubborn, die-hard
- 任性 rènxìng · wilful, headstrong
- 挑剔 tiāoti · fussy, nit-picking
- 娇气 jiāoqì · delicate, soft, pampered
- 急躁 jízào · impatient, irritable
- 暴躁 bàozào · hot-tempered, irascible
- 鲁莽 lǔmǎng · reckless, rash
- 草率 cǎoshuài · careless, hasty, sloppy
- 不慎 bùshèn · carelessly, by accident
- 疏忽 shūhu · to neglect; an oversight
- 大意 dàyi · careless, inattentive
- 糊涂 hútu · muddled, confused
- 蠢 chǔn · stupid, dumb
- 笨蛋 bèndàn · idiot, fool
- 傻瓜 shǎguā · fool, silly thing
- 愚蠢 yúchǔn · stupid, foolish
- 愚昧 yúmèi · ignorant, unenlightened
- 无知 wúzhī · ignorant
- 幼稚 yòuzhì · childish, naive
- 迟钝 chídùn · slow, sluggish (to react)
- 笨拙 bènzhuō · clumsy, awkward
- 懒惰 lǎnduò · lazy, idle
- 偷懒 tōulǎn · to slack off, skive
- 松懈 sōngxiè · slack, relaxed (in effort)
- 浮躁 fúzào · impetuous, restless, superficial
- 肤浅 fūqiǎn · shallow, superficial
- 庸俗 yōngsú · vulgar, tacky
- 平庸 píngyōng · mediocre, ordinary
- 盲目 mángmù · blind (uncritical)
- 自负 zìfù · conceited, full of oneself
- 自满 zìmǎn · complacent, self-satisfied
sentences
- 我爸爸很固执，决定的事谁也劝不动。 · My dad is so stubborn: once he’s decided something, nobody can talk him out of it.
- 这孩子从小就倔强，摔倒了也不哭。 · This child has been tough since she was little: she doesn’t even cry when she falls.
- 她太挑剔了，什么菜都说不好吃。 · She’s too fussy: she says every dish tastes bad.
- 他一时疏忽，把文件发错了人。 · In a moment of carelessness, he sent the document to the wrong person.
- 他第一次包饺子，动作笨拙得可爱。 · It was his first time making dumplings, and he was adorably clumsy.