clumsy; botched

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

to remain honest and poor

clumsy and stupid

my unworthy manuscript (humble expr.); my humble writing

austere; humble

clumsy and incomprehensible; botched writing

simple and frank

my unworthy manuscript (humble expr.); my humble writing

my clumsy writing (humble expr.); my humble pen

clumsy; awkward; lacking skill

my wife (humble)

my unworthy writing (humble expr.); my worthless manuscript

my unworthy opinion (humble expr.)

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

Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu, one of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

(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

variant of 心拙口笨[xin1 zhuo1 kou3 ben4]

dull-witted and tongue-tied

to be unable to express oneself clearly (idiom)

see 笨嘴拙舌[ben4 zui3 zhuo1 she2]

see 笨嘴拙舌[ben4 zui3 zhuo1 she2]

see 笨嘴拙舌[ben4 zui3 zhuo1 she2]

clumsy in speech; poor speaker

the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom); honesty is the best policy