"to neglect" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 冷漠 | cold and detached towards sb / lack of regard / indifference / neglect | syn | |
| 玩忽职守 玩忽職守 | to neglect one's duty / dereliction of duty / malpractice | syn | |
| 失职 失職 | to neglect one's duty / to be guilty of dereliction of duty | syn | |
| 废寝忘食 廢寢忘食 | to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom) / to skip one's sleep and meals / to be completely wrapped up in one's work | syn | |
| 两不误 兩不誤 | to neglect neither one | ||
| 舍本逐末 捨本逐末 | to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom) / to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details | syn | |
| 故旧不弃 故舊不棄 | do not neglect old friends | ||
| 轻重倒置 輕重倒置 | 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 | |
| 厚古薄今 | to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom) | syn | |
| 久旷 久曠 | to leave uncultivated for a long time / by extension, to neglect one's work / to remain single | ||
| 冷漠对待 冷漠對待 | cold and detached towards sb / lack of regard / indifference / neglect | ||
| 废寝食 廢寢食 | to neglect sleep and food | ||
| 疏忽职守 疏忽職守 | to neglect one's duties | ||
| 疏于防范 疏於防範 | to neglect to take precautions / relaxed vigilance | ||
| 疏略 | negligence / to neglect inadvertently | ||
| 薄养厚葬 薄養厚葬 | to neglect one's parents but give them a rich funeral / hypocrisy in arranging a lavish funeral after treating one's parents meanly | ||
| 轻重主次 輕重主次 | 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 | ||
| 重文轻武 重文輕武 | to value letters and belittle arms (idiom) / to stress civil matters and neglect the military / to prefer the pen to the sword | ||
| 感情上受冷落 | emotional neglect | ||
| 有意玩忽职守 | wilful neglect | ||
| 忽视或漠视待遇 忽視或漠視待遇 | neglect or negligent treatment | ||
| 忽视儿童 忽視兒童 | child neglect | ||
| 虐待和忽略儿童问题国际大会 虐待和忽略兒童問題國際大會 | International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect | ||
| 国际防止虐待和忽视儿童学会 國際防止虐待和忽視兒童學會 | International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect | ||
| 溺职 溺職 | to neglect one's duty / dereliction of duty | ||
| 见色忘友 見色忘友 | to neglect one's friends when smitten with a new love | ||
| 宠妾灭妻 寵妾滅妻 | favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom) / spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife |