弱小 ruò xiǎo small and weak / puny / the small and weak / children / women and children syn 细 細 xì thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal syn 薄片 báo piàn thin slice / thin section / flake / Taiwan pr. [bo2 pian4] 如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom) / fig. to be extremely cautious / to be skating on thin ice syn 薄层 薄層 báo céng thin layer / thin slice / film / lamina / lamella 片 piàn thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91 syn 单薄 單薄 dān bó weak / frail / thin / flimsy syn 薄 báo thin / cold in manner / indifferent / weak / light / infertile syn 弱相互作用 ruò xiāng hù zuò yòng weak interaction (in particle physics) / weak force 尺有所短，寸有所长 尺有所短，寸有所長 chǐ yǒu suǒ duǎn , cùn yǒu suǒ cháng lit. for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice (proverb) / fig. everyone has their strong and weak points / everything has its advantages and disadvantages 憔悴 qiáo cuì wan and sallow / thin and pallid / haggard / (of plants) withered syn 粗细 粗細 cū xì thick and thin / coarse and fine / thickness (caliber) / coarseness / quality of work 金针菇 金針菇 jīn zhēn gū enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white / abbr. to 金菇[jin1 gu1] 轻嘴薄舌 輕嘴薄舌 qīng zuǐ bó shé lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom) / hasty and rude / caustic and sharp-tongued syn 锄强扶弱 鋤強扶弱 chú qiáng fú ruò to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom) / to rob the rich and give to the poor syn 病病歪歪 bìng bing wāi wāi sick and weak / feeble and listless syn 先天不足，后天失调 先天不足，後天失調 xiān tiān bù zú , hòu tiān shī tiáo to be born with a weak constitution and suffer from ill health during one's life / (fig.) to be problematic from the start, and get even worse over time 修长 修長 xiū cháng slender / lanky / tall and thin syn 高挑 gāo tiǎo raised high / (of a person) slender / tall and thin (Taiwan pr. [gao1tiao1]) syn 薄脆 báo cuì crispy / thin and brittle / a crispy fried cracker 可共患难 可共患難 kě gòng huàn nàn to go through thick and thin together (idiom) 祸福与共 禍福與共 huò fú yǔ gòng to stick together through thick and thin (idiom) 箧箧 篋篋 qiè qiè long and thin / slender 经历风雨 經歷風雨 jīng lì fēng yǔ to go through thick and thin (idiom) 云消雾散 雲消霧散 yún xiāo wù sàn the clouds melt and the mists disperse (idiom) / to clear up / to vanish into thin air syn 揻 wēi (dialect) to bend (a long and thin object) 秦椒 qín jiāo (dialect) hot pepper (long and thin) / same as 花椒[hua1 jiao1] 穿一条裤子 穿一條褲子 chuān yī tiáo kù zi (of male friends) to have been through thick and thin together / to be like family / to share the same view of things 渐稀 漸稀 jiàn xī to thin out gradually / to become fainter and fainter 豆干 豆乾 dòu gān pressed tofu / dried tofu (ingredient of Chinese cuisine made by pressing, drying and flavoring tofu to produce a firm chewy block, typically cut into thin strips when preparing a dish) 高䠷 gāo tiǎo (of a person) slender / tall and thin 衰老 shuāi lǎo to age / to deteriorate with age / old and weak syn 阿斗 ā dǒu A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪|刘禅[Liu2 Shan4] (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / (fig.) weak and inept person syn 一板一眼 yī bǎn yī yǎn lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail syn 病弱 bìng ruò sick and weak / sickly / invalid 避实就虚 避實就虛 bì shí jiù xū (idiom) stay clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points 一板三眼 yī bǎn sān yǎn lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. scrupulous attention to detail 扶弱抑强 扶弱抑強 fú ruò yì qiáng to support the weak and restrain the strong (idiom) / robbing the rich to help the poor 违强陵弱 違強陵弱 wéi qiáng líng ruò to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom) / to bully 年老力衰 nián lǎo lì shuāi old and weak (idiom) 年老体弱 年老體弱 nián lǎo tǐ ruò old and weak (idiom) 病恹恹 病懨懨 bìng yān yān looking or feeling sickly / weak and dispirited through illness syn 观衅伺隙 觀釁伺隙 guān xìn sì xì lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom) / fig. to search out one's opponent's weak points / to look for the Achilles' heel 违强凌弱 違強凌弱 wéi qiáng líng ruò to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom) / to bully / also written 違強陵弱|违强陵弱 扶不起的阿斗 扶不起的阿鬥 fú bù qǐ de ā dǒu weak and inept person / hopeless case 蔫呼呼 niān hū hū weak and indecisive 㞞 sóng (coll.) semen / weak and incompetent 𪨊 㞞 sóng (coll.) semen / (coll.) weak and incompetent 片子 piàn zi thin flake / small piece syn 切片 qiē piàn to slice / slice / thin section of a specimen (for microscopic examination) syn 消瘦 xiāo shòu to waste away / to become thin syn 烟消云散 煙消雲散 yān xiāo yún sàn to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear syn 淡薄 dàn bó thin / light / flagging / faint syn 血水 xuè shuǐ thin blood / watery blood syn 薄板 báo bǎn thin plate / sheet / lamina / Taiwan pr. [bo2 ban3] 稀薄 xī bó thin / rarefied syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn 瘦子 shòu zi thin person syn 细水长流 細水長流 xì shuǐ cháng liú lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little syn 内皮 內皮 nèi pí (med.) endothelium / thin skin on the inside of some fruits (e.g. oranges) 间 間 jiàn gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent syn 片儿 片兒 piān r sheet / thin film syn 薄饼 薄餅 báo bǐng thin flat cake / pancake / pizza 稀粥 xī zhōu water gruel / thin porridge 扑空 撲空 pū kōng lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles syn 条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 薄纸 薄紙 báo zhǐ thin paper (tissue paper, onionskin etc) 菲薄 fěi bó humble / meager / thin / to despise syn 脸皮薄 臉皮薄 liǎn pí báo thin-skinned / sensitive syn 管见 管見 guǎn jiàn my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble) syn 瘦客户机 瘦客戶机 shòu kè hù jī thin client 板胡 bǎn hú a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard 划子 huá zi rowboat / small boat / oar / paddle / thin rod used to control a curtain etc syn 瘦 shòu thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive syn 疏 shū to dredge / to clear away obstruction / thin / sparse / scanty / distant (relation) / not close / to neglect / negligent / to present a memorial to the Emperor / commentary / annotation syn 柴 chái firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person) syn 绢 絹 juàn thin, tough silk fabric 札 zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague syn 绫 綾 líng damask / thin silk 筱 xiǎo dwarf bamboo / thin bamboo syn 篾 miè the outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum) / a thin bamboo strip 缦 縵 màn plain thin silk / slow / unadorned 癯 qú thin / emaciated / worn / tired 鍱 yè thin plates of metal 衣单食薄 衣單食薄 yī dān shí bó thin coat, meager food (idiom) / life of wretched poverty / destitute 骨瘦如柴 gǔ shòu rú chái as thin as a match / emaciated (idiom) syn 俴 jiàn short / shallow / thin plate 筎 rú thin outside skin of bamboo 澥 xiè (of porridge etc) to become watery / (dialect) to thin (porridge etc) by adding water etc 箊 yū bamboo with thin / wide leaves 薄膜沉积 薄膜沉積 bó mó chén jī thin-film 切片检查 切片檢查 qiē piàn jiǎn chá slide examination / microscopic examination of thin section of specimen as part of biopsy 清癯 qīng qú lean / thin / spare syn 疏淡 shū dàn sparse / thin / distant 癯瘦 qú shòu thin / emaciated 叶片状 葉片狀 yè piàn zhuàng foliated / striated into thin leaves 薄透镜 薄透鏡 báo tòu jìng thin lens (optics) 轴索 軸索 zhóu suǒ axon (long thin axis of nerve cell) 镴箔 鑞箔 là bó thin foil to make paper money for the dead 