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


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