"轻重" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
轻重輕重	qīng zhòng	severity (of the case) / degree of seriousness / whether sth is slight or serious	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
轻重缓急輕重緩急	qīng zhòng huǎn jí	slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority	syn
轻重倒置輕重倒置	qīng zhòng dào zhì	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	syn
轻重主次輕重主次	qīng zhòng zhǔ cì	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

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
举足轻重舉足輕重	jǔ zú qīng zhòng	to play a critical role (idiom) / influential	syn
无足轻重無足輕重	wú zú qīng zhòng	insignificant	syn
不知轻重不知輕重	bù zhī qīng zhòng	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
缓急轻重緩急輕重	huǎn jí qīng zhòng	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
问鼎轻重問鼎輕重	wèn dǐng qīng zhòng	lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom) / a laughable attempt to seize power

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