乏善可陳

to be nothing to write home about (idiom)

Characters and words in 乏善可陳

short of / tired

= 丿 + : A futon. Frankenstein's monster just entered the ashram and finds a futon. Tired as he his, he immediately goes to bed, covers himself with a big banana peel and makes loud zZz sounds as he sleeps.
good (virtuous) / benevolent / well-disposed / good at sth / to improve or perfect

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a good book about etiquette.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) finds a bullfrog (业) and a sheep (羊) fighting viciously over a mandarin (口) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He finds this behaviour unbearable and starts to read Emily Post to them to teach them some manners (善).
can / may / able to / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very

= + : Karl Marx (k) is challenging his abilities (可) in the elevator's living room (e3). He tries to force a nail (丁) into a mandarin (口), just by using his head. On top of that he tries to do so one thousand times, in order to create a bed of nails (mnemonic symbol for 可).

= + : Alternative mnemonic symbol: kebab, from the pronunciation "ke". Karl Marx (k) is preparing a kebab (mnemonic symbol for 可) in the elevator's living room (e3). He also skewers mandarins (口) on the long steel nails (丁) and will only allow (可) his guests to eat the rest of the kebab if they eat their mandarins first.
used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
surname Chen / Chen (c. 1045 - 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state / Chen (557-589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]

= + : The pope (阝) is narrating (陈) the same old (陈) stories from the top of the Pudong Tower (东) to the masses in the encampment's kitchen. Charlie Chaplin (ch) is listening and can't help falling asleep.
to lay out; to exhibit; to display / to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell / old; stale

= + : The pope (阝) is narrating (陈) the same old (陈) stories from the top of the Pudong Tower (东) to the masses in the encampment's kitchen. Charlie Chaplin (ch) is listening and can't help falling asleep.

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