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枯燥 dry and dull 从松岭回来后，办公室似乎变得枯燥无味了。cóng Sōnglǐng huílai hòu bàngōngshì sìhū biànde kūzàowúwèi leThe office seems so dull and prosaic after Pine Ridge.感谢您使我们把枯燥的学习变成了巨大的乐趣。gǎnxiè nín shǐ wǒmen bǎ kūzào de xuéxí biànchéng le jùdà de lèqùThank you for making learning not a dull thing but a great joy.很少有老师能使学生对那些需要刻苦努力才能学好的枯燥学科感兴趣。hěn shǎoyǒu lǎoshī néng shǐ xuésheng duì nàxiē xūyào kèkǔnǔlì cáinéng xuéhǎo de kūzào xuékē gǎnxìngqùFew teachers are able to interest their students in dull subjects that mean a lot of hard work. 6

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kū zào 枯 (kū) dried out, withered, decayed古 (gǔ) old, classic, ancient木 (mù) tree燥 (zào) dry, parched, arid喿 [品 (article) + 木 (tree)]火 (huǒ) fire, flame 26

Hanzi	枯燥
Pinyin	kū zào
Dict	dry and dull
Components	*枯 (kū)* dried out, withered, decayed** 古 (gǔ) old, classic, ancient 木 (mù) tree *燥 (zào)* dry, parched, arid** 喿 [品 (article) + 木 (tree)] 火 (huǒ) fire, flame
example Sentences	从松岭回来后，办公室似乎变得枯燥无味了。 cóng Sōnglǐng huílai hòu bàngōngshì sìhū biànde kūzàowúwèi le The office seems so dull and prosaic after Pine Ridge. 感谢您使我们把枯燥的学习变成了巨大的乐趣。 gǎnxiè nín shǐ wǒmen bǎ kūzào de xuéxí biànchéng le jùdà de lèqù Thank you for making learning not a dull thing but a great joy. 很少有老师能使学生对那些需要刻苦努力才能学好的枯燥学科感兴趣。 hěn shǎoyǒu lǎoshī néng shǐ xuésheng duì nàxiē xūyào kèkǔnǔlì cáinéng xuéhǎo de kūzào xuékē gǎnxìngqù Few teachers are able to interest their students in dull subjects that mean a lot of hard work.
Strokes	26
HSK	6

Dull De 木 Le Shǐ Kūzào 枯燥 Kū