拙劣

zhuō liè · HSK 7

clumsy

拙 = clumsy/unskilled + 劣 = inferior/bad; together: clumsily bad, botched

拙 (zhuō) means unskilled or awkward, and 劣 (liè) means inferior or low-grade. Stack them and you get work that is both unskillful and poor-quality, i.e. clumsy and botched.

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