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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *菜* | 菜* | *菜
vegetable; greens (CL:) / dish (of food) (CL:樣|样,,盤|盘) / (of one's skills etc) weak; poor / (coll.) (one's) type
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *短* | 短* | *短
short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault
HSK 2
weak point / fault / shortcoming / disadvantage / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
shortcoming / defect / fault / one's weak points
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *弱* | 弱* | *弱
weak; feeble / young / inferior; not as good as / (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *薄* | 薄* | *薄
thin / cold in manner / indifferent / weak / light / infertile
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *淡* | 淡* | *淡
insipid / diluted / weak / mild / light in color / tasteless / indifferent / (variant of ) nitrogen
HSK 4
weak; frail
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *熊* | 熊* | *熊
bear / (coll.) to scold; to rebuke / (coll.) weak; incapable
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *飄* | 飄* | *飄
to float (in the air); to flutter; to waft / complacent; frivolous / weak; shaky; wobbly
HSK 7-9
weak / faint / feeble
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *虛* | 虛* | *虛
emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain
HSK 7-9
weak point / failing
HSK 7-9
weak / frail
HSK 7-9
weak / in poor health
HSK 7-9
weak / feeble / flabby
HSK 7-9
to age / to deteriorate with age / old and weak
HSK 7-9
weak / frail / thin / flimsy
HSK 7-9
less capable than desirable (idiom); not as strong as one would wish / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
HSK 7-9
weak / feeble
HSK 7-9
to have no strength / to feel weak / exhausted / feeling listless / boring / of no interest
HSK 7-9
vulnerable / weak
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挼* | 挼* | *挼
(dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled; crumpled / (dialect) (of clothes) worn out / (dialect) (of a fire's intensity, one's physical condition etc) weak; feeble / (dialect) (of skill) poor; inferior
lit. too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom) / fig. extremely delicate; fragile
limp / weak
weak-minded / mentally deficient / retarded
land mine (CL:顆|颗) / (fig.) sore point; weak spot
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *薄* | 薄* | *薄
meager / slight / weak / ungenerous or unkind / frivolous / to despise / to belittle / to look down on / to approach or near
strong or weak / intensity / amount of force or pressure
weak / delicate
relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *綿* | 綿* | *綿
silk floss / continuous / soft / weak / mild-mannered (dialect)
chicken ribs / sth of little value or interest / sth of dubious worth that one is reluctant to give up / to be physically weak
soft / velvety / flabby / weak / schmaltzy
tired / weak / exhausted
weakly and without strength (idiom); dispirited
weaken / make weaker
to point out mistakes or weak points for correction / to comment / criticism
rib cartilage / (fig.) weak spot / soft underbelly
to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)
lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom) / fig. the law of the jungle
one's weak area
split seam / (fig.) flaw / weak point
lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
small and weak; puny / the small and weak; children; women and children
lit. show strength while weak inside (idiom); appearing fierce while cowardly at heart / a sheep in wolf's clothing
the will is there, but not the strength (idiom) / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
to feel weak / to be diffident
looking or feeling sickly; weak and dispirited through illness
weak, cowardly person / spineless individual
lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius) / to use this in place of that / what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse
weak link / loophole
weak base (alkali)
to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor
strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
weak; worried; sickly; wan
(idiom) stay clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points
chivalrous / helping the weak for the sake of justice
lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail
lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (saying) / fig. weak; unaccustomed to physical work
thin and weak
cowardly; weak
lit. dragon's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
weak (of body or limbs) / limp / gone soft
lacking in strength; weak; feeble / not up to the task
delicate; frail; impotent; weak
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *荏* | 荏* | *荏
beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens) / soft / weak
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *跙* | 跙* | *跙
weak, lame
much sorrows and illness (idiom); melancholy and weakly
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *儜* | 儜* | *儜
weak / wearied / in distress
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *孱* | 孱* | *孱
(bound form) weak; feeble
A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪|刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / (fig.) weak and inept person
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *婥* | 婥* | *婥
weak / delicate
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嬬* | 嬬* | *嬬
mistress, concubine / weak
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瓤* | 瓤* | *瓤
pulp (of fruit) / sth inside a covering / bad / weak
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *寙* | 寙* | *寙
bad / useless / weak
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *窳* | 窳* | *窳
bad / useless / weak
frail / weak
to grab sb by the pigtail / to seize on weak points / to exploit the opponent's shortcomings
weak pulse
to support the weak and restrain the strong (idiom); robbing the rich to help the poor
weak acid
drizzle; light rain / (fig.) mere trifle; sth that has only a weak effect
timid / weak
lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom) / fig. to search out one's opponent's weak points / to look for the Achilles' heel
(literary) tired / fatigued / (economics) weak / sluggish
gullible / easily bullied / weak
to grab sb by the queue (i.e. hair) / to seize on weak points / to exploit the opponent's shortcomings
lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
lit. reeds leaning on a jade tree (idiom) / fig. the lowly associating with the noble; the weak seeking help from the strong
gentle / carefree / indecisive / weak
weak and indecisive
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㞞* | 㞞* | *㞞
(coll.) semen / (coll.) weak and incompetent
sick and weak / feeble and listless
to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully
weak student
sick and weak / sickly / invalid
(of one's breathing) weak
toothless / (fig.) powerless / ineffectual / weak

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