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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
easy; simple / rashly; offhandedly
HSK 4
easy / with no difficulty
HSK 7-9
light muslin / gauze
light petroleum (product) / gasoline and diesel oil
in a quiet voice; softly / (linguistics) neutral tone
slight / light / trivial / to a small extent
HSK 7-9
severity (of the case) / degree of seriousness / whether sth is slight or serious
mild (symptoms etc)
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)
light industry
to tap; to hit lightly
light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling / unimportant
frivolous / careless / giddy
graceful / lithe / light and graceful / lighthearted / relaxed
light and quick / brisk / spry / lively / effortless / relaxed / agile / blithe
to underestimate the enemy
lightweight
putter (golf)
light meal; snack
(Chinese martial arts) the art of agile movement such as leaping, wall-running or gliding through the air (exaggerated in wuxia stories)
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
light engineering
(idiom) (to move or do sth) softly; quietly; gently
light machine gun
Hong Kong LRT (Light Rail Transit) (abbr. for 輕便鐵路|轻便铁路)
petty crime / misdemeanor
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
relaxed / easy
less serious case / in less severe cases
easily forgive, simply release (idiom); to let sb off scot free
frivolous / coquettish
lightweight and portable / light and convenient
light weapon
light music
lightly wounded / minor injuries
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)
light (machinery, aircraft etc)
HSK 7-9
to say, without careful consideration
light as a feather
frivolous / capricious / playful
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
quick and skillful / agile
(of an official) to travel with little luggage and just a small escort / to travel without ostentation
breeze / light wind
lightly; softly
(idiom) hasty and rude; caustic and sharp-tongued
lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude / caustic and sharp-tongued
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
(literary) to treat with disrespect
lit. light furs and stout horses / fig. to live in luxury
to forgive easily / to let off lightly (often with negative: you won't get away with it)
(idiom) frivolous
irreverent
to speak softly / to whisper (idiom)
light water reactor (LWR)
also written 輕機槍|轻机枪 / light machine gun
tinge
putting green (golf)
light rail / transit system (underground, at street level or elevated) / streetcar / metro / abbr. to 輕軌|轻轨


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