蹩脚 (bié jiǎ) — (stative verb) of poor quality; shoddy; inferior; (stative verb) clumsy; awkward (of skills, performance)

Definition

Examples

• 这篇文章写得太蹩脚了，很多地方都说不通。
  Zhè piān wén zhāng xiě dé tài bié jiǎ le, hěn duō dì fāng dōu shuō bù tōng.
  This article is so badly written; many parts don't make sense at all.
• 他的中文发音有点蹩脚，不过意思表达得还清楚。
  Tā de zhōng wén fā yīn yǒu diǎn bié jiǎ, bú guò yì si biǎo dá dé hái qīng chǔ.
  His Chinese pronunciation is a bit clumsy, but he still gets the meaning across clearly.
• 这些仿制品质量很蹩脚，一看就知道不是真货。
  Zhè xiē fǎng zhì pǐn zhì liàng hěn bié jiǎ, yí kàn jiù zhī dào bú shì zhēn huò.
  These imitation goods are of very poor quality; you can tell they're not genuine at a glance.