轻 (輕) qīng
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qīng
adjective
light; not heavy
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: The opposite of 重 (Guoyu '輕' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '輕' 1; NCCED '轻' 1; Unihan '輕') -
qīng
adjective
easy; relaxed; carefree
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '輕' adj 7; Kroll 2015 '輕' 1c; NCCED '轻' 3; Unihan '輕') -
qīng
adjective
simple; convenient
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 方便 or 簡單 (Guoyu '輕' adj 5; Unihan '輕') -
qīng
adjective
small in number or degree
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Guoyu '輕' adj 2; NCCED '轻' 8) -
qīng
adjective
gentle
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '輕' adj 8; NCCED '轻' 9; Unihan '輕') -
qīng
verb
to belittle; to make light of
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 不在乎 (Guoyu '輕' v 1; Kroll 2015 '輕' 2; NCCED '轻' 5) -
qīng
adjective
nimble; agile; portable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 灵巧 (Guoyu '輕' adj 6; Kroll 2015 '輕' 1a; NCCED '轻' 2) -
qīng
adjective
unimportant
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '輕' 2a; NCCED '轻' 4) -
qīng
adjective
frivolous
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '輕' adj 10; Kroll 2015 '輕' 1b; NCCED '轻' 6) -
qīng
adjective
imprudent
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED '轻' 7) -
qīng
verb
to smooth
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '輕' 3) -
qīng
verb
to soothe
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '輕' 3a) -
qīng
adjective
lowly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: The opposite of 卑贱 (Guoyu '輕' adj 4)
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- 重利轻义(重利輕義) to value material gain over righteousness
- 年轻化(年輕化) to make more youthful; to promote younger staff
- 不轻饶(不輕饒) not to forgive easily; not to let off; (You, He) won't get away with it!
- 轻烟(輕煙) faint smoke
- 云淡风轻(雲淡風輕) light clouds and a gentle breeze; beautiful conditions
- 文人相轻(文人相輕) scholars disparage each other
- 轻工业(輕工業) light industry
- 轻击球(輕擊球) to hit the ball lightly ; putt (golf)
- 轻贱(輕賤) petty and low ; to despise; to scorn; to look down on
- 訬轻(訬輕) to disturb
- 轻击区(輕擊區) putting green (golf)
- 轻重主次(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
- 轻水反应炉(輕水反應爐) light water reactor (LWR)
- 年轻有为(年輕有為) young and promising
- 肥马轻裘(肥馬輕裘) stout horses and light furs; to live in luxury
- 轻骑(輕騎) light cavalry ; light motorcycle; moped
- 轻巧(輕巧) dexterous; deft; easy; light and easy to use; nimble; agile; lithe; graceful
- 轻徭薄赋(輕徭薄賦) to reduce forced labor and levy slight taxes
- 重文轻武(重文輕武) to value letters and belittle arms; to stress civil matters and neglect the military
- 轻水反应堆(輕水反應堆) light water reactor (LWR)
- 材轻德薄(材輕德薄) lacking ability and scant virtue
- 轻食(輕食) light meal; snack
- 年轻力壮(年輕力壯) young and vigorous
- 年轻气盛(年輕氣盛) full of youthful vigor; in the prime of youth
- 举足轻重(舉足輕重) play a key role; influential
- 轻省(輕省) relaxed; easy
- 轻舟(輕舟) a small and fast boat
- 轻打(輕打) to tap; to hit lightly
- 才轻德薄(才輕德薄) lacking ability and scant virtue
- 轻罪(輕罪) petty crime; misdemeanor
- 礼轻情意重(禮輕情意重) goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
- 轻车熟路(輕車熟路) to drive a lightweight chariot on a familiar road; to do something routinely and with ease
- 轻饶素放(輕饒素放) easily forgive, simply release; to let somebody off scot free
- 轻侮(輕侮) to slight; to scorn
- 轻飘飘(輕飄飄) light as a feather
- 轻狡(輕狡) frivolity and scheming
- 畸重畸轻(畸重畸輕) prejudiced
- 轻众而丧师(輕眾而喪師) to belittle the people and mourn the death of soldiers
- 家丑不可外传,流言切莫轻信(家醜不可外傳,流言切莫輕信) Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly.
- 轻重缓急(輕重緩急) slight or important, urgent or non-urgent; to deal with important matters first; sense of priority
- 轻武器(輕武器) light weapon
- 礼轻人意重(禮輕人意重) slight present but weighty meaning; It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
- 身轻如燕(身輕如燕) as lithe as a swallow (of athlete or beautiful girl)
- 轻重倒置(輕重倒置) to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important); lacking a sense of perspective
- 轻嘴薄舌(輕嘴薄舌) light mouth, thin tongue; hasty and rude; caustic and sharp-tongued
- 千里送鹅毛,礼轻人意重(千里送鵝毛,禮輕人意重) goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning
- 轻生(輕生) a suicide; to commit suicide
- 轻度(輕度) mild (symptoms etc)
- 轻而易举(輕而易舉) simple and easy to move; with little effort
- 轻染(輕染) tinge
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- 卷二百〇一 志第一百五十四 刑法三 Volume 201 Treatises 154: Punishment and Law 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 31
- 卷三十 志第二十 刑法 Volume 30 Treatises 20: Punishment and Law Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 26
- 卷四十八 志第二十九: 食貨三 錢幣 Volume 48 Treatises 29: Finance and Economics 3 - Money History of Jin 金史 — count: 21
- 卷九十三 志第六十九 刑法一 Volume 93 Treatises 69: Punishment and Law 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 19
- 卷一百八十 志第一百三十三 食貨下二 Volume 180 Treatises 133: Finance and Economics 2b History of Song 宋史 — count: 19
- 卷三十四 Scroll 34 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 18
- 山至數第七十六 Chapter 76: Travelling to the Mountains Guanzi 管子 — count: 17
- 卷一百五十七 列傳第八十二 陸贄 Volume 157 Biographies 82: Lu Zhi New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 16
- 卷二十八 韓三 Chapter 28: Han III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 16
- 卷四十八 志第二十八: 食貨上 Volume 48 Treatises 28: Finance and Economics 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 15
Collocations
- 民轻 (民輕) 信慶賞則民輕難 — Guanzi 管子, 牧民第一 Chapter 1: Shepherding the People — count: 7
- 轻财 (輕財) 此輕財而重禮之義也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《聘義》 The Meaning of the Interchange of Missions Beteween Different Courts — count: 3
- 轻诛 (輕誅) 猛毅之君者輕誅 — Guanzi 管子, 法法第十六 Chapter 16: Fa Fa — count: 3
- 轻死 (輕死) 近刑人則輕死之道也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
- 令轻 (令輕) 則上令輕 — Guanzi 管子, 八觀第十三 Chapter 13: Eight Observations — count: 3
- 不可以轻 (不可以輕) 國君不可以輕 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2
- 轻金九 (輕金九) 五舉而務輕金九 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 2
- 固轻 (固輕) 全固輕利 — Mozi 墨子, 卷一 辭過 Book 1 - Indulgence in Excess — count: 2
- 轻患 (輕患) 則卒輕患而傲敵 — Guanzi 管子, 法法第十六 Chapter 16: Fa Fa — count: 2
- 轻征 (輕徵) 十一仞見水輕征 — Guanzi 管子, 乘馬第五 Chapter 5: A Team of Horses — count: 2