灰不溜丢
Traditional form:
灰不溜丟
Pinyin (reading):
huībuliūdiū
Definitions:
- gloomy and dull (idiom)
- boring and gray
- unpleasantly murky
Characters:
- 灰 - ashes; dust; lime, mortar
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 溜 - to slip, to slide, to glide; slippery
- 丢 - to lose; to discard
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