拈輕怕重

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More information light; easy; gentlelight; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral, to be afraid; to fear ...
light; easy; gentle
light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral
 
to be afraid; to fear
heavy; serious; to double
heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
 
trad. (拈輕怕重)
simp. (拈轻怕重)
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Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): niānqīngpàzhòng, niánqīngpàzhòng
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄆㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ, ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄆㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): nim1 hing1 paa3 cung5

Idiom

拈輕怕重

  1. to pick easy jobs and avoid the hard ones

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