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- weak; feeble
- young
- inferior; not as good as
- (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
- not to fight back
- to take it lying down
- to show weakness
- to show one's softer side
Trad. 以弱勝強
- using the weak to defeat the strong (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
Trad. 以強凌弱
- to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)
Trad. 違強凌弱
- to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully
- also written 違強陵弱|违强陵弱
Trad. 違強陵弱
- to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully
Trad. 能弱能強
- to be either weak or strong both have their purpose (idiom)
Trad. 鋤強扶弱
- to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor
Trad. 國弱民窮
- the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)
Trad. 體弱多病
- prone to illness
- sickly
- in fragile health
Trad. 恃強凌弱
- see 恃強欺弱|恃强欺弱[shi4 qiang2 qi1 ruo4]
Trad. 恃強欺弱
- to use one's strength to mistreat people (idiom)
- to bully
Trad. 扶弱抑強
- to support the weak and restrain the strong (idiom); robbing the rich to help the poor
Trad. 弱不禁風
- lit. too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom)
- fig. extremely delicate; fragile
Trad. 弱勢群體
- disadvantaged social groups (e.g. the handicapped)
- the economically and politically marginalized
- the dispossessed
Trad. 弱肉強食
- lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom)
- fig. the law of the jungle
Trad. 弱電統一
- electro-weak interaction in fermion particle physics
Trad. 神經衰弱
- nervous exhaustion; neurasthenia; mental breakdown (often used to describe what is now understood to be clinical depression)
- weak interaction (in particle physics)
- weak force
Trad. 強將手下無弱兵
- there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)