呆板 (dāi bǎn) — stiff, inflexible, mechanical (of behavior, writing, thinking)

Definition

Examples

• 他这个人很呆板，一点幽默感都没有。
  Tā zhè ge rén hěn dāi bǎn, yì diǎn yōu mò gǎn dōu méi yǒu.
  He is very stiff and doesn't have any sense of humor.
• 这篇文章写得太平淡，风格太呆板。
  Zhè piān wén zhāng xiě dé tài píng dàn, fēng gé tài dāi bǎn.
  This writing is too bland, the style is too stiff.
• 他们的管理模式太呆板，缺少灵活性。
  Tā men de guǎn lǐ mó shì tài dāi bǎn, quē shǎo líng huó xìng.
  Their management model is too rigid and lacks flexibility.

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