to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial; to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones
trad. 避重就輕
Also written 避重就輕【bì zhòng jiù qīng】
Characters in this word
4避
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to avoid, to shun, to flee, to escape, to keep away from, to leave, to hide from
- Pinyin
- bì
- Strokes
- 16
- Frequency
- 18251 of 2500
重
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to repeat, repetition, again, re-, classifier: layer
- Pinyin
- chóng
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2482 of 2500
就
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then, (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after, (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly, only; as little as, as much as; as many as, to approach; to move towards, to undertake; to engage in, (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of, (of food) to go with, with regard to; concerning, (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]), (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ..., (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- Pinyin
- jiù
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 14 of 2500
轻
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
light, easy, gentle, soft, reckless, unimportant, frivolous, small in number, unstressed, neutral, to disparage
- Pinyin
- qīng
- Traditional
- 輕
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5057 of 2500