Results for “轻”

lit. to drive a lightweight chariot on a familiar road (idiom) / fig. to do sth routinely and with ease / a walk in the park

(of an official) to travel with little luggage and just a small escort / to travel without ostentation

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

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

lightweight

quick and skillful / agile

light music

breeze / light wind

light meal / snack

to forgive easily / to let off lightly (often with negative: you won't get away with it)

easily forgive, simply release (idiom) / to let sb off scot free

light cavalry / light motorcycle / moped

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

not to forgive easily / not to let off / (You, He) won't get away with it!

(idiom) what lowly people think counts for little

goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom) / It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.

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.

lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom) / a laughable attempt to seize power

(coll.) young person / youngster

very light

at such a young age / so young

to make more youthful / to promote younger staff

full of youthful vigor (idiom) / in the prime of youth

to be lenient (in sentencing)

scholars tend to disparage one another (idiom)

real men do not easily cry (idiom)

to hold each other in low regard

slight present but weighty meaning (idiom) / It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.

goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom) / It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.

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.

see 輕重緩急|轻重缓急[qīng zhòng huǎn jí]

lit. stout horses and light furs / fig. to live in luxury

to belittle oneself / self-contempt

as lithe as a swallow (of athlete or beautiful girl)

to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial / to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones

to value material gain over righteousness

heavy on form, light on substance / to stress form at the expense of content

to value letters and belittle arms (idiom) / to stress civil matters and neglect the military / to prefer the pen to the sword

to value males and attach less importance to females (idiom)

to value righteousness rather than material gain (idiom)