俗气

zhè ge rén hěn sú qi

这个人很俗气。

This person is very vulgar.

zhè kuài bù huā sè hěn sú qi

这块布花色很俗气。

The design on this piece of cloth is very gaudy.

tā de jǔ zhǐ kàn shàng qù hěn sú qi

他的举止看上去很俗气。

His manner seemed rather boorish.

dǎ ban sú qi

打扮俗气

show poor taste in one's dress

cóng mǒu zhǒng yì yì shàng jiǎng tuō sú yǔ sú qi jiù shì jīng shén yǔ wù zhì de guān xi

从某种意义上讲，脱俗与俗气，就是精神与物质的关系。

The relationship between refined and the vulgar, in a sense, is the relationship between spirit and matter.