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light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage
HSK 2
easy; simple / rashly; offhandedly
HSK 4
light / gentle / relaxed / effortless / uncomplicated / to relax / to take things less seriously
HSK 4
to lighten / to ease / to alleviate
HSK 5
easy / with no difficulty
HSK 7-9
light (machinery, aircraft etc)
HSK 7-9
scornful; disdainful; contemptuous; pejorative / disdain; contempt
HSK 7-9
slight / light / trivial / to a small extent
HSK 7-9
insignificant
HSK 7-9
light (weight) / frivolous / a philanderer / to scorn / disrespectful
graceful / lithe / light and graceful / lighthearted / relaxed
soft; gentle; pliable
to act blindly without thinking (idiom)
lit. to drive a lightweight chariot on a familiar road (idiom) / fig. to do sth routinely and with ease / a walk in the park
full of youthful vigor (idiom) / in the prime of youth
mild (symptoms etc)
lightly; softly
to belittle / to scorn / to take sth lightly
light muslin / gauze
lightweight (boxing etc)
to easily trust; gullible; naïve
(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal / to downplay / to understate
lightly wounded / minor injuries
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)
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
a suicide / to commit suicide
light cavalry / light motorcycle / moped
(of an official) to travel with little luggage and just a small escort / to travel without ostentation
to play a critical role (idiom) / influential
quietly / softly / neutral tone / light stress
light and quick / brisk / spry / lively / effortless / relaxed / agile / blithe
cavalier / offhand / reckless
to belittle oneself / self-contempt
breeze / light wind
to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial / to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones
to treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard
light engineering
frivolous
dexterous / deft / easy / light and easy to use / nimble / agile / lithe / graceful
to be lenient (in sentencing)
to value males and attach less importance to females (idiom)
to underestimate the enemy
lightweight and portable / light and convenient
frivolous / careless / giddy
(to move or do sth) softly and quietly (idiom)
young and promising
frivolous / coquettish
to stroke lightly / to caress
quick and skillful / agile
light as a feather
scholars tend to disparage one another (idiom)
slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first / sense of priority
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
to beat easily / to gain an easy victory
top-heavy / fig. unbalance in organization or political structure
irreverent
petty crime / misdemeanor
young and vigorous (idiom)
(idiom) what lowly people think counts for little
to look down upon
relaxed / easy
as lithe as a swallow (of athlete or beautiful girl)
to say, without careful consideration
to speak softly
light water (as opposed to heavy water) / see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆
to value righteousness rather than material gain (idiom)
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
lit. stout horses and light furs / fig. to live in luxury
(literary) to treat with disrespect
light meal; snack
to nibble
tinge
to forgive easily / to let off lightly (often with negative: you won't get away with it)
(idiom) hasty and rude; caustic and sharp-tongued
less serious case / in less severe cases
Hong Kong LRT (Light Rail Transit) (abbr. for 輕便鐵路|轻便铁路)
lepton (particle physics)
to tap; to hit lightly
sharp and clear / crisp / melodious / ringing / tinkling / silvery (of sound) / fragile / frail / also written 清脆
frivolous / capricious / playful
light on one's feet / nimble / agile
to make more youthful / to promote younger staff
not to forgive easily / not to let off / (You, He) won't get away with it!
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.
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.
lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power
Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
very light
Bren gun, British light machine gun first produced in 1937
young people / youngster
real men do not easily cry (idiom)
Diet Pepsi / Pepsi Light
to hold each other in low regard
slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
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.
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.
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
light element (such as hydrogen)
lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude / caustic and sharp-tongued

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