awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my; Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]

to remain honest and poor

clumsy and stupid

young and clumsy; childish and awkward

old fart (usually in self-reference); geezer

avoiding doing something that one is clumsy at to save face

clumsy (writing); awkward; obscure

stupid; impractical

(idiom) hard work can make up for lack of natural talent

(idiom) to compensate for lack of ability with hard work

see 弄巧成拙[nong4 qiao3 cheng2 zhuo1]

to overreach oneself; to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face