to value letters and belittle arms (idiom); to stress civil matters and neglect the military; to prefer the pen to the sword
trad. 重文輕武
Also written 重文輕武【zhòng wén qīng wǔ】
Characters in this word
4重
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to repeat, repetition, again, re-, classifier: layer
- Pinyin
- chóng
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2482 of 2500
文
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surname Wen
- Pinyin
- Wén
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 6670 of 2500
轻
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light, easy, gentle, soft, reckless, unimportant, frivolous, small in number, unstressed, neutral, to disparage
- Pinyin
- qīng
- Traditional
- 輕
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5057 of 2500
武
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surname Wu
- Pinyin
- Wǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 23564 of 2500