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


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