弱 ruò

1. ruò adjective weak
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '弱'; Guoyu '弱' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '弱' 1a, p. 393;Unihan '弱'; XHZD '弱' 1, p. 642)
2. ruò adjective little; young
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '弱'; Guoyu '弱' adj 4; Kroll 2015 '弱' 1b, p. 393; XHZD '弱' 2, p. 642)
3. ruò verb to die
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '弱' v 1; XHZD '弱' 3, p. 642)
4. ruò verb to decrease
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '弱' 2, p. 393)
5. ruò adjective almost
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: When following a numeral (CC-CEDICT '弱'; Guoyu '弱' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '弱' 2a, p. 393)
6. ruò proper noun Ruo [river]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Name of a legendary river (Kroll 2015 '弱' 3, p. 393)
7. ruò verb to fail
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '弱' v 2)
8. ruò adjective fragile; delicate
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '弱' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '弱' 1, p. 393; Unihan '弱')

Contained in

• 国弱民穷(國弱民窮) the country weakened and the people empoverished
• 纤纤弱质(纖纖弱質) slender and graceful
• 薄弱环节(薄弱環節) weak link; loophole
• 弱视(弱視) amblyopia
• 羸弱 frail; weak
• 衰弱 feeble; weak
• 体弱(體弱) debility
• 弱音踏板 soft pedal (on piano); una corda pedal
• 薄弱 weak; frail
• 弱小 small and weak; puny; the small and weak; children; women and children
• 不甘示弱 not to be outdone
• 弱电统一(弱電統一) electro-weak interaction in fermion particle physics
• 弱肉强食(弱肉強食) the weak are prey to the strong; predatory behavior; the law of the jungle
• 强干弱枝(強幹弱枝) to strengthen the trunk and weaken the branches
• 弱受 submissive; yielding; weak
• 弱相互作用 weak interaction (in particle physics); weak force
• 色弱 partial color blindness; color weakness
• 弱脉(弱脈) weak pulse
• 精神衰弱 psychasthenia; obsessive-compulsive disorder
• 弱作用 weak interaction
• 济弱扶倾(濟弱扶傾) to help the weak and support those in distress
• 病弱 a person who is weak and sick
• 强将手下无弱兵(強將手下無弱兵) there are no poor soldiers under a good general
• 强弱(強弱) the strong and the weak
• 强本弱枝(強本弱枝) to strengthen the core and weaken the branches
• 微弱 weak; faint; feeble
• 纤弱(纖弱) fragile; delicate
• 愚弱 ignorant and feeble
• 扶弱抑强(扶弱抑強) to support the weak and restrain the strong; robbing the rich to help the poor
• 弱侧(弱側) weak side; off side
• 违强凌弱(違強凌弱) to avoid the strong and attack the weak; to bully
• 彊干弱枝(彊幹弱枝) to strengthen the trunk and weaken the branches
• 弱酸 weak acid
• 脆弱 weak; frail ; cowardly ; irresolute
• 恃强凌弱(恃強凌弱) to use violence against the virtuous and weak
• 能弱能强(能弱能強) to be either weak or strong both have their purpose
• 瘦弱 thin and weak
• 济弱扶危(濟弱扶危) to help the weak and support the unfortunate
• 卒强吏弱 the soldiers are strong but the officers are weak
• 怯弱 timid; weak
• 软弱(軟弱) weak; feeble
• 以强凌弱(以強凌弱) to use one's strength to bully the weak
• 年老体弱(年老體弱) old and weak
• 弱点(弱點) weak point; failing
• 懦弱 cowardly; weak
• 减弱(減弱) to weaken
• 孱弱 weak; frail; feeble
• 锄强扶弱(鋤強扶弱) to hinder the strong and support the weak
• 以弱胜强(以弱勝強) using the weak to defeat the strong; to win from a position of weakness
• 疲弱 tired; weak; exhausted

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老弱

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• 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 45
• 卷十三 志第三 歷下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 36
• 卷十二 志第二 歷上 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Calendar 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 35
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 21
• 第一 律曆上 律準 候氣 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 19
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 18
• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 17
• 卷五十四 Scroll 54 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 16
• 議兵篇第十五 Chapter 15: A Debate on use of the Miltary Xunzi 荀子 — count: 16
• 卷八　齊一 Chapter 8: Qi I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 14

Collocations

• 幼弱 (幼弱) 君幼弱 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 11
• 劫弱 (劫弱) 強之劫弱 — Mozi 墨子, 卷四 兼愛下 Book 4 - Universal Love III — count: 7
• 兵弱 (兵弱) 民眾而兵弱者 — Guanzi 管子, 權修第三 Chapter 3: Cultivating Authority — count: 7
• 君弱 (君弱) 君弱臣強 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧蘀兮 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Tuo Xi — count: 6
• 华弱 (華弱) 宋華弱來奔 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 6
• 晏弱 (晏弱) 晏弱 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 5
• 弱子 (弱子) 不利弱子亥 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十 經說上 Book 10 - Exposition of Canon I — count: 5
• 弱来 (弱來) 國弱來奔 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 5
• 齐国弱 (齊國弱) 齊國弱 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
• 国弱 (國弱) 國弱來奔 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4