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Trad. 輕
- light
- easy
- gentle
- soft
- reckless
- unimportant
- frivolous
- small in number
- unstressed
- neutral
- to disparage
Trad. 輕饒
- to forgive easily
- to let off lightly (often with negative: you won't get away with it)
Trad. 輕鬆
- light
- gentle
- relaxed
- effortless
- uncomplicated
- to relax
- to take things less seriously
Trad. 輕功
- (Chinese martial arts) the art of agile movement such as leaping, wall-running or gliding through the air (exaggerated in wuxia stories)
Trad. 輕巧
- dexterous
- deft
- easy
- light and easy to use
- nimble
- agile
- lithe
- graceful
Trad. 輕水
- light water (as opposed to heavy water)
- see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆
Trad. 輕脆
- sharp and clear
- crisp
- melodious
- ringing
- tinkling
- silvery (of sound)
- fragile
- frail
- also written 清脆
Trad. 輕蔑
- scornful; disdainful; contemptuous; pejorative
- disdain; contempt
Trad. 輕軌
- light rail; transit system (underground, at street level or elevated); streetcar; metro (abbr. for 輕型軌道交通|轻型轨道交通[qing1 xing2 gui3 dao4 jiao1 tong1])
Trad. 輕重
- severity (of the case)
- degree of seriousness
- whether sth is slight or serious
Trad. 不輕饒
- not to forgive easily
- not to let off
- (You, He) won't get away with it!
Trad. 輕重主次
- to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the incidental and neglect the main point)
- lacking a sense of perspective
- to put the cart before the horse
Trad. 輕重倒置
- to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important)
- lacking a sense of perspective
- to put the cart before the horse
Trad. 輕重緩急
- slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first
- sense of priority
Trad. 避重就輕
- to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial
- to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones
Trad. 駕輕就熟
- lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy
- a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back
Trad. 輕饒素放
- easily forgive, simply release (idiom); to let sb off scot free
Trad. 年輕氣盛
- full of youthful vigor (idiom)
- in the prime of youth
Trad. 肥馬輕裘
- lit. stout horses and light furs
- fig. to live in luxury
Trad. 人微言輕
- (idiom) what lowly people think counts for little
Trad. 問鼎輕重
- lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power
Trad. 重利輕義
- to value material gain over righteousness
Trad. 舉足輕重
- to play a critical role (idiom)
- influential
Trad. 緩急輕重
- slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first
- sense of priority
- also written 輕重緩急|轻重缓急
Trad. 不知輕重
- lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
- naive
- doesn't know who's who
- no sense of priorities
Trad. 頭重腳輕
- top-heavy
- fig. unbalance in organization or political structure
Trad. 文人相輕
- scholars tend to disparage one another (idiom)
Trad. 重文輕武
- to value letters and belittle arms (idiom); to stress civil matters and neglect the military
- to prefer the pen to the sword
Trad. 身輕如燕
- as lithe as a swallow (of athlete or beautiful girl)
Trad. 輕口薄舌
- (idiom) hasty and rude; caustic and sharp-tongued
Trad. 輕嘴薄舌
- lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude
- caustic and sharp-tongued
Trad. 掉以輕心
- to treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard
Trad. 輕手輕腳
- (idiom) (to move or do sth) softly; quietly; gently
Trad. 輕描淡寫
- (idiom) to treat sth as no big deal
- to downplay
- to understate
Trad. 重男輕女
- to value males and attach less importance to females (idiom)
Trad. 輕於鴻毛
- light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling
- unimportant
Trad. 輕機關槍
- also written 輕機槍|轻机枪
- light machine gun
Trad. 輕聲細語
- to speak softly
- to whisper (idiom)
Trad. 輕舉妄動
- to act blindly without thinking (idiom)
Trad. 重義輕利
- to value righteousness rather than material gain (idiom)
Trad. 輕裘肥馬
- lit. light furs and stout horses
- fig. to live in luxury
Trad. 輕質石油
- light petroleum (product)
- gasoline and diesel oil
Trad. 重色輕友
- paying more attention to a lover than friends (idiom)
- to value sex over friendship
Trad. 自輕自賤
- to belittle oneself
- self-contempt
Trad. 輕車熟路
- lit. to drive a lightweight chariot on a familiar road (idiom)
- fig. to do sth routinely and with ease
- a walk in the park
Trad. 輕車簡從
- (of an official) to travel with little luggage and just a small escort
- to travel without ostentation
Trad. 布倫輕機槍
- Bren gun, British light machine gun first produced in 1937
Trad. 禮輕人意重
- slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
Trad. 禮輕情意重
- goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
Trad. 輕水反應堆
- light water reactor (LWR)
Trad. 重形式輕內容
- heavy on form, light on substance
- to stress form at the expense of content
Trad. 輕型軌道交通
- light rail
- transit system (underground, at street level or elevated)
- streetcar
- metro
- abbr. to 輕軌|轻轨[qing1 gui3]
Trad. 輕質石油產品
- light petroleum product (i.e. gasoline and diesel oil)
Trad. 男兒有淚不輕彈
- real men do not easily cry (idiom)