低级 (dī jí) — low-level, elementary, rudimentary; vulgar, crude, inferior (in taste or quality)
Definition
低级 covers both 'low-level / rudimentary' (skill, quality) and 'vulgar / crude' (taste, behavior). Unlike 高级, which signals skill or rank, 低级 often carries a moral or quality judgment — 'shoddy' or 'tasteless', not just 'simple'.
adjective
low-levelelementaryrudimentaryvulgarcrudeinferior (in taste or quality)
Examples
- 低级，。Zhè ge cuò wù tài dī jí le, bú yīng gāi fàn.This mistake is too basic; you shouldn't have made it.
- 低级，。Tā kāi de wán xiào hěn dī jí, ràng rén bù shū fu.The jokes he tells are vulgar and make people uncomfortable.
- 低级。Zhè zhǒng dī jí cái liào zuò chéng de jiā jù yòng bù liǎo duō jiǔ.Furniture made from this inferior material won't last long.
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