| 差生文具多 |
chà shēng wén jù duō |
(neologism, attested by 2021) underachieving students tend to buy lots of stationery; (fig.) all the gear and no idea |
| 差 |
chā |
difference; discrepancy / (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction) / (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly |
| 差 |
chà |
different / wrong; mistaken / to fall short; to lack / not up to standard; inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1] |
| 差 |
chāi |
to send (on an errand) / (archaic) person sent on such an errand / job; official post |
| 差 |
cī |
used in 参差 |
| 差生 |
chà shēng |
weak student |
| 生 |
shēng |
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽) |
| 文 |
Wén |
surname Wen |
| 文 |
wén |
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 |
| 文具 |
wén jù |
stationery / item of stationery (pen, pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener etc) |
| 具 |
jù |
tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument / talent / ability / to possess / to have / to provide / to furnish / to state / classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies |
| 多 |
duō |
many; much; more; a lot of / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly- |