嫩嫩

English translation: Naive/amateurish

17:21 May 11, 2019

Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama

Chinese term or phrase: 嫩嫩

主角他这个角色，他前面其实，他整部电影前半段都是比较傻傻嫩嫩的状态

should be Taiwanese, text written down from a video ....

RaffaellaG KudoZ activity Questions: 563 (7 open) (15 closed without grading) Answers: 188 Italy
Local time: 16:57

English translation:Naive/amateurish

Explanation:
I believe the meaning is number 3, literally "inexperienced", so I think clumsy/clumsily (I.e. Not skiful) or naive/amateurish ("inexperienced") would be a suitable translation

Example translation:"..behaved in a rather silly and naive/amateurish/clumsy manner for the first half of the film"

Ref:

嫩的意思：
① 初生而柔弱：娇嫩、嫩芽。
②（颜色）淡、浅：嫩绿、嫩黄。
③ 幼稚、不老练：稚嫩、嫩手。
⑤ 轻、微：“嫩寒清晓。”

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Note added at 17 hrs (2019-05-12 10:49:33 GMT)
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"Inept" is another possibility

Selected response from:

Gareth Callagy
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:57

Grading comment

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

Naive/amateurish

Gareth Callagy

5 +1

young and unexperienced

Tianci Hu Marrero

Not matured enough

jyuan_us

innocent

Zibow Retailleau

childish

pkchan

green

Lucy Liang

young & tender

Vladyslav Golovaty

Answers

8 mins confidence:

young & tender

Explanation:

Vladyslav Golovaty
Ukraine
Local time: 17:57
Native speaker of:

English,

Russian

13 mins confidence:

Not matured enough

Explanation:
inexperienced, like a newbie

not seasoned, not sophisticated, not matured

jyuan_us
United States
Local time: 10:57
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 13

9 hrs confidence:

childish

Explanation:
OR: naive

pkchan
United States
Local time: 10:57
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese

17 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Naive/amateurish

Gareth Callagy
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:57
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

20 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

young and unexperienced

Explanation:
嫩 literally means “tender”. It is usually used to denote a lack of experience in a field or industry, a sense of inadequacy.

In certain other context, it could also mean youthful, but not in this one.

Tianci Hu Marrero
United States
Local time: 10:57
Native speaker of:

Chinese,

English

5 days confidence:

innocent

Explanation:
傻傻嫩嫩 should be considered as a whole, meaning naïve and innocent.

Zibow Retailleau
Mauritius
Local time: 18:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Chinese

9 days confidence:

green

Explanation:
英语有个词green也可以形容一个人缺乏经验。

Lucy Liang
Local time: 10:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese

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