没水准

沒水準

méishuǐzhǔn

phrase

Meanings

1 lacking class
2 boorish
3 low-quality
4 tasteless

Characters

not have, without

standard, accurate

Examples

他在饭桌上大声讲电话，真没水准。

Tā zài fànzhuō shàng dàshēng jiǎng diànhuà, zhēn méi shuǐzhǔn.

He was shouting on the phone at the dinner table — really classless.

这部电影的剧本太没水准了。

Zhè bù diànyǐng de jùběn tài méi shuǐzhǔn le.

This movie's script is just too low-quality.

Tips

usage

水准 = 'standard / level'; 没水准 literally 'no level' is a sharp critique of someone's taste, manners, or output. Common in Taiwanese Mandarin and now widely used online; the mainland equivalent 没水平 (méi shuǐpíng) means the same.

Stroke Order

没 méi

水 shuǐ

准 zhǔn