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陳(ちん)腐(ぷ)

ちんぷchinpu

CommonAdjective

Meanings

Meanings are shown in English (JMdict).

  1. na-adjectivenoun

    stale; hackneyed; clichéd

Example sentences 5

このイベントは参(さん)加(か)者(しゃ)が少(すく)ないし、企(き)画(かく)も陳(ちん)腐(ぷ)だし、会(かい)場(じょう)も狭(せま)いし、盛(も)り上(あ)がらない。

  • This event has few participants, the planning is cliché, the venue is cramped, and it's just not exciting.

どんなに陳(ちん)腐(ぷ)な知(ち)識(しき)も、適(てき)切(せつ)な場(ば)面(めん)で使(つか)えば新(あたら)しい価(か)値(ち)を生(う)むと言(い)いますから、まさに『ものは使(つか)いよう』ですね。

  • They say that no matter how cliché knowledge may be, if used in the right context, it creates new value, so it really is a matter of how you use it.

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