Definition
碌 is a bound form (b.f.) that rarely stands alone. It has two pronunciations with distinct meanings: lù (common) in words like 忙碌 (mánglù, busy) and 庸碌 (yōnglù, mediocre/undistinguished); and liù (this row's pinyin) in the rare word 碌碡 (liùzhou, a stone roller). The provided English gloss ('busy; undistinguished') actually describes the lù reading, not the liù one. In any case, 碌 only appears as part of multi-character compounds.
b.f.
busy (in 忙碌, 劳碌, etc., pronounced lù)mediocreundistinguished (in 庸碌, 碌碌无为, etc., pronounced lù)
Examples
- ,。Tā zhěngtiān máng lù, méiyǒu shíjiān xiūxi.He is busy all day and has no time to rest.
- 碌,。Yí gè yōng lù de rén, zài nǔlì yě hěn nán chénggōng.A mediocre person, no matter how hard they try, will find it difficult to succeed.
- ,。Tā yìshēng láo lù, zuìhòu què yìwúsuǒyǒu.He labored all his life but ended up with nothing.
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