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HSK
there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)
weak-minded / mentally deficient / retarded
to weaken; to diminish
HSK 7-9
strong or weak / intensity / amount of force or pressure
weak / faint / feeble
HSK 7-9
weak; frail
HSK 5
using the weak to defeat the strong (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
small and weak; puny / the small and weak; children; women and children
to be either weak or strong both have their purpose (idiom)
one's weak area
to weaken / to impair / to cripple
HSK 7-9
cowardly; weak
(idiom) not to be outdone
weak acid
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  *弱* | 弱* | *弱
weak; feeble / young / inferior; not as good as / (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
HSK 4
lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom) / fig. the law of the jungle
weak / feeble / flabby
HSK 7-9
old and weak (idiom)
vulnerable / weak
HSK 7-9
to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully / also written 違強陵弱|违强陵弱
lit. too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom) / fig. extremely delicate; fragile
weaken / make weaker
cumulative weakness / to decline (over time) / degeneration
weak base (alkali)
disadvantaged social groups (e.g. the handicapped) / the economically and politically marginalized / the dispossessed
delicate
weak / feeble
HSK 7-9
weak / delicate
psychasthenia / obsessive-compulsive disorder
to use one's strength to mistreat people (idiom) / to bully
amblyopia
tired / weak / exhausted
timid / weak
sick and weak / sickly / invalid
frail / weak
(sports) weak team; underdog (team)
weak point / failing
HSK 7-9
to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)
thin and weak
not to fight back / to take it lying down / to show weakness / to show one's softer side
debility
weak link / loophole
poor and feeble
ignorant and feeble
weak / frail
HSK 7-9
to fade out / gradually weakening / diminuendo / decrescendo
the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)
weak side / off side (sports)
electro-weak interaction in fermion particle physics
weak interaction (in particle physics) / weak force
(idiom) frail scholar
hard of hearing / hearing-impaired
nervous exhaustion; neurasthenia; mental breakdown (often used to describe what is now understood to be clinical depression)
to support the weak and restrain the strong (idiom); robbing the rich to help the poor
weak pulse
partial color blindness / color weakness
(slang) weak / pathetic / subpar / sucks
fragile / delicate
weak / in poor health
HSK 7-9
prone to illness / sickly / in fragile health
soft pedal (on piano) / una corda pedal
to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor
delicate; frail; impotent; weak
immature and feeble
(physics) weak interaction
the weak force (in particle physics)
to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully


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