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light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage
HSK 2
young
HSK 2
light / gentle / relaxed / effortless / uncomplicated / to relax / to take things less seriously
HSK 4
to lighten / to ease / to alleviate
HSK 5
easy; simple / rashly; offhandedly
HSK 4
light weapon
to commit suicide; to take one's own life
to make more youthful / to promote younger staff
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.
(idiom) (to move or do sth) softly; quietly; gently
slight / light / trivial / to a small extent
HSK 7-9
light (machinery, aircraft etc)
HSK 7-9
(Chinese martial arts) the art of agile movement such as leaping, wall-running or gliding through the air (exaggerated in wuxia stories)
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.
not to forgive easily / not to let off / (You, He) won't get away with it!
insignificant
HSK 7-9
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
slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling / unimportant
(coll.) young person; youngster
cavalier / offhand / reckless
easy / with no difficulty
HSK 7-9
young and vigorous (idiom)
lit. light furs and stout horses / fig. to live in luxury
to play a critical role (idiom) / influential
light on one's feet / nimble / agile
light meal; snack
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
as lithe as a swallow (of athlete or beautiful girl)
scornful; disdainful; contemptuous; pejorative / disdain; contempt
HSK 7-9
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)
to value males and attach less importance to females (idiom)
to speak softly / to whisper (idiom)
to value material gain over righteousness
relaxed / easy
light as a feather
light water (as opposed to heavy water) / see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆
full of youthful vigor (idiom) / in the prime of youth
very light
breeze / light wind
(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal / to downplay / to understate
light machine gun
frivolous / capricious / playful
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.
irreverent
to stroke lightly / to caress
severity (of the case) / degree of seriousness / whether sth is slight or serious
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
light music
(idiom) frivolous
to nibble
to hit the ball lightly (sport) / putt (golf)
contempt / contemptuous / to despise / to scorn / scornful
lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude / caustic and sharp-tongued
top-heavy / fig. unbalance in organization or political structure
light (weight) / frivolous / a philanderer / to scorn / disrespectful
lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power
young people / youngster
dexterous / deft / easy / light and easy to use / nimble / agile / lithe / graceful
graceful / lithe / light and graceful / lighthearted / relaxed
less serious case / in less severe cases
to value righteousness rather than material gain (idiom)
young and promising
to belittle oneself / self-contempt
lepton (particle physics)
lightly; softly
light cavalry / light motorcycle / moped
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
putting green (golf)
to treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard
sharp and clear / crisp / melodious / ringing / tinkling / silvery (of sound) / fragile / frail / also written 清脆
frivolous / coquettish
to look down upon
in a quiet voice; softly / (linguistics) neutral tone
slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first / sense of priority
to value letters and belittle arms (idiom); to stress civil matters and neglect the military / to prefer the pen to the sword
frivolous
scholars tend to disparage one another (idiom)
to act blindly without thinking (idiom)
(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 unimportant and neglect the important) / lacking a sense of perspective / to put the cart before the horse
(idiom) what lowly people think counts for little
lightly wounded / minor injuries
light element (such as hydrogen)
light petroleum (product) / gasoline and diesel oil
to be lenient (in sentencing)
(literary) to treat with disrespect
to value quantity over quality
Bren gun, British light machine gun first produced in 1937
light water reactor (LWR)
to say, without careful consideration
easily forgive, simply release (idiom); to let sb off scot free
paying more attention to a lover than friends (idiom) / to value sex over friendship
to hold each other in low regard
lit. stout horses and light furs / fig. to live in luxury
to speak softly
lightweight
quick and skillful / agile
to belittle / to scorn / to take sth lightly
lit. to drive a lightweight chariot on a familiar road (idiom) / fig. to do sth routinely and with ease / a walk in the park

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