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The character 碌 is a phono-semantic compound, with the stone radical 石 on the left indicating its semantic connection to rocks and hard materials, and the component 录 on the right providing its phonetic hint. Its traditional form uses the more complex element 彔 on the right. The original meaning described the rough, uneven texture of natural stones. This concrete sense of commonplace, unpolished stone later extended metaphorically to describe human behavior and status, coming to characterize a person busy with mundane toil, achieving little of note, or leading a thoroughly mediocre life.
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他每天都很忙碌。
妈妈忙碌地准备晚餐。
哥哥工作忙碌，很少回家。
我们不能庸碌地度过一生。
他劳碌了大半辈子，终于可以休息了。
尽管生活忙碌，她依然保持乐观。
庸碌之人往往缺乏远大的目标。
在忙碌的都市生活中，找到平衡很重要。