乏善可陈

zhè ge chéng shì běn shēn fá shàn kě chén

这个城市本身乏善可陈。

The city itself has little to recommend it.

cǐ běn shū fá shàn kě chén

此本书乏善可陈。

This book has very little to recommend it.

wǒ men de jì dù huì yì fá shàn kě chén

我们的季度会议乏善可陈。

Our quarterly meetings were anodyne affairs.