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HSK 2
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light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage
HSK 2
light / gentle / relaxed / effortless / uncomplicated / to relax / to take things less seriously
HSK 4
to lighten / to ease / to alleviate
HSK 5
easy; simple / rashly; offhandedly
HSK 4
easy / with no difficulty
HSK 7-9
young people / youngster
light muslin / gauze
light petroleum (product) / gasoline and diesel oil
(Chinese martial arts) the art of agile movement such as leaping, wall-running or gliding through the air (exaggerated in wuxia stories)
in a quiet voice; softly / (linguistics) neutral tone
insignificant
HSK 7-9
slight / light / trivial / to a small extent
HSK 7-9
to play a critical role (idiom) / influential
(coll.) young person; youngster
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
severity (of the case) / degree of seriousness / whether sth is slight or serious
mild (symptoms etc)
to be lenient (in sentencing)
light cavalry / light motorcycle / moped
to beat easily / to gain an easy victory
to easily trust; gullible; naïve
scornful; disdainful; contemptuous; pejorative / disdain; contempt
HSK 7-9
slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first / sense of priority
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)
to treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard
real men do not easily cry (idiom)
scholars tend to disparage one another (idiom)
light industry
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.
not to forgive easily / not to let off / (You, He) won't get away with it!
to tap; to hit lightly
light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling / unimportant
frivolous / careless / giddy
to value righteousness rather than material gain (idiom)
graceful / lithe / light and graceful / lighthearted / relaxed
to value males and attach less importance to females (idiom)
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
young and promising
light and quick / brisk / spry / lively / effortless / relaxed / agile / blithe
to underestimate the enemy
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.
lightweight
putter (golf)
light meal; snack
lepton (particle physics)
frivolous
cavalier / offhand / reckless
light (weight) / frivolous / a philanderer / to scorn / disrespectful
to speak softly
soft; gentle; pliable
light petroleum product (i.e. gasoline and diesel oil)
to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the incidental and neglect the main point) / lacking a sense of perspective / to put the cart before the horse
(idiom) what lowly people think counts for little
to make more youthful / to promote younger staff
to hold each other in low regard
light engineering
(idiom) (to move or do sth) softly; quietly; gently
to belittle / to scorn / to take sth lightly
light machine gun
Hong Kong LRT (Light Rail Transit) (abbr. for 輕便鐵路|轻便铁路)
petty crime / misdemeanor
full of youthful vigor (idiom) / in the prime of youth
to stroke lightly / to caress
to commit suicide; to take one's own life
lit. to drive a lightweight chariot on a familiar road (idiom) / fig. to do sth routinely and with ease / a walk in the park
lightweight (boxing etc)
sharp and clear / crisp / melodious / ringing / tinkling / silvery (of sound) / fragile / frail / also written 清脆
to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial / to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones
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.
relaxed / easy
less serious case / in less severe cases
easily forgive, simply release (idiom); to let sb off scot free
heavy on form, light on substance / to stress form at the expense of content
top-heavy / fig. unbalance in organization or political structure
to belittle oneself / self-contempt
frivolous / coquettish
lightweight and portable / light and convenient
light weapon
light music
to value material gain over righteousness
lightly wounded / minor injuries
lit. stout horses and light furs / fig. to live in luxury
light element (such as hydrogen)
light water (as opposed to heavy water) / see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆
to act blindly without thinking (idiom)
to hit the ball lightly (sport) / putt (golf)
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
as lithe as a swallow (of athlete or beautiful girl)
light (machinery, aircraft etc)
HSK 7-9
to say, without careful consideration
light as a feather
frivolous / capricious / playful
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.
to nibble
dexterous / deft / easy / light and easy to use / nimble / agile / lithe / graceful
light on one's feet / nimble / agile
contempt / contemptuous / to despise / to scorn / scornful
(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal / to downplay / to understate
to look down upon

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