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There are 11 total results for your 轻重 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

輕重


轻重

see styles
qīng zhòng
    qing1 zhong4
ch`ing chung
    ching chung
 kyōjū
severity (of the case); degree of seriousness; whether something is slight or serious
Light and heavy.

罪輕重


罪轻重

see styles
zuì qīng zhòng
    zui4 qing1 zhong4
tsui ch`ing chung
    tsui ching chung
 zai kyōjū
the seriousness of a crime

不知輕重


不知轻重

see styles
bù zhī qīng zhòng
    bu4 zhi1 qing1 zhong4
pu chih ch`ing chung
    pu chih ching chung
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

問鼎輕重


问鼎轻重

see styles
wèn dǐng qīng zhòng
    wen4 ding3 qing1 zhong4
wen ting ch`ing chung
    wen ting ching chung
lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power

應觀輕重


应观轻重

see styles
yìng guān qīng zhòng
    ying4 guan1 qing1 zhong4
ying kuan ch`ing chung
    ying kuan ching chung
 ōkan kyōjū
should observe the relative seriousness

無足輕重


无足轻重

see styles
wú zú qīng zhòng
    wu2 zu2 qing1 zhong4
wu tsu ch`ing chung
    wu tsu ching chung
insignificant

緩急輕重


缓急轻重

see styles
huǎn jí qīng zhòng
    huan3 ji2 qing1 zhong4
huan chi ch`ing chung
    huan chi ching chung
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

舉足輕重


举足轻重

see styles
jǔ zú qīng zhòng
    ju3 zu2 qing1 zhong4
chü tsu ch`ing chung
    chü tsu ching chung
to play a critical role (idiom); influential

輕重主次


轻重主次

see styles
qīng zhòng zhǔ cì
    qing1 zhong4 zhu3 ci4
ch`ing chung chu tz`u
    ching chung chu tzu
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

輕重倒置


轻重倒置

see styles
qīng zhòng dào zhì
    qing1 zhong4 dao4 zhi4
ch`ing chung tao chih
    ching chung tao chih
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

輕重緩急


轻重缓急

see styles
qīng zhòng huǎn jí
    qing1 zhong4 huan3 ji2
ch`ing chung huan chi
    ching chung huan chi
slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first; sense of priority

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 11 results for "轻重" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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