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"lightly" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
轻轻 輕輕 qīng qīng lightly / softly syn
抵 dǐ to press against / to support / to prop up / to resist / to equal / to balance / to make up for / to mortgage / to arrive at / to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense) syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
便宜 pián yi cheap / inexpensive / a petty advantage / to let sb off lightly syn
惊醒 驚醒 jīng xǐng to rouse / to be woken by sth / to wake with a start / to sleep lightly
轻抚 輕撫 qīng fǔ to stroke lightly / to caress
翩翩 piān piān elegant / graceful / smart / to dance lightly syn
点水 點水 diǎn shuǐ to skim / lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水) / skin-deep
磨蹭 mó ceng to rub lightly / to move slowly / to dawdle / to dillydally / to pester / to nag syn
轻伤 輕傷 qīng shāng lightly wounded / minor injuries
掉以轻心 掉以輕心 diào yǐ qīng xīn to treat sth lightly / to lower one's guard syn
翩翩起舞 piān piān qǐ wǔ (to start) dancing lightly and gracefully syn
蜻蜓点水 蜻蜓點水 qīng tíng diǎn shuǐ lit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly / superficial contact (idiom) syn
看轻 看輕 kàn qīng to belittle / to scorn / to take sth lightly syn
扒拉 bā lā to push lightly / to flick to one side / to get rid of syn
飘拂 飄拂 piāo fú to drift lightly syn
煎炒 jiān chǎo to lightly fry
轻打 輕打 qīng dǎ to tap / to hit lightly
拂 fú to flick / to brush off / (of a breeze) to brush lightly over / (literary) to run counter to syn
抿 mǐn to smooth hair with a wet brush / (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly / to sip syn
攴 pū to tap / to knock lightly / old variant of 撲|扑[pu1]
泰然处之 泰然處之 tài rán chǔ zhī to handle the situation calmly (idiom) / unruffled / to treat the situation lightly syn
捶背 chuí bèi to massage sb's back by pounding it lightly with one's fists
厾 dū to tap lightly
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信 家醜不可外傳，流言切莫輕信 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiē mò qīng xìn Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly (common expression) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
浅黑 淺黑 qiǎn hēi dark / gray / (of skin) lightly pigmented
轻击球 輕擊球 qīng jī qiú to hit the ball lightly (sport) / putt (golf)
轻饶 輕饒 qīng ráo to forgive easily / to let off lightly (often with negative: you won't get away with it)
浅色素皮肤 淺色素皮膚 lightly pigmented skin
浅肤色皮肤 淺膚色皮膚 lightly pigmented skin
浮贴 浮貼 fú tiē to glue something lightly enough that it can be removed later
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信 家醜不可外傳，流言切莫輕信 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn 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.
扒拉 bā la (coll.) to push lightly / to flick to one side / to get rid of syn
下毛毛雨 xià máo mao yǔ to drizzle / to rain lightly / (fig.) (coll.) to give (sb) a heads-up / to break (some bad news) gently / to scold mildly
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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