Inferior quality in Chinese
inferior quality · HSK 7–9
劣质
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- 劣 inferior
- 质 nature
这双鞋是劣质的，穿了一周就坏了。 These shoes are shoddy; they broke after a week.
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How do you say inferior quality in Chinese?
Inferior quality in Chinese is 劣质 (liè zhì).
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