重文轻武
zhòng wén qīng wǔ
Pinyin

Definition

重文轻武
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zhòng wén qīng wǔ
  1. to value letters and belittle arms (idiom); to stress civil matters and neglect the military
  2. to prefer the pen to the sword

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

博文
bó wén
  1. 1 blog article
  2. 2 to write a blog article (netspeak)
原文
yuán wén
  1. 1 original text
严重
yán zhòng
  1. 1 grave
  2. 2 serious
  3. 3 severe
  4. 4 critical
尊重
zūn zhòng
  1. 1 to esteem
  2. 2 to respect
  3. 3 to honor
  4. 4 to value
  5. 5 eminent
  6. 6 serious
  7. 7 proper
文
Wén
  1. 1 surname Wen
文化
wén huà
  1. 1 culture
  2. 2 civilization
  3. 3 cultural
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]
文章
wén zhāng
  1. 1 article
  2. 2 essay
  3. 3 literary works
  4. 4 writings
  5. 5 hidden meaning
  6. 6 CL:篇[piān],段[duàn],頁|页[yè]
文艺
wén yì
  1. 1 literature and art
武将
wǔ jiàng
  1. 1 general
  2. 2 military leader
  3. 3 fierce man
武术
wǔ shù
  1. 1 military skill or technique (in former times)
  2. 2 all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development)
  3. 3 self-defense
  4. 4 tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage)
  5. 5 also called kungfu 功夫
  6. 6 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
重
chóng
  1. 1 to repeat
  2. 2 repetition
  3. 3 again
  4. 4 re-
  5. 5 classifier: layer
重庆
Chóng qìng
  1. 1 Chongqing city (Chungking), formerly in Sichuan province, a municipality since 1997, short name 渝[Yú]
重新
chóng xīn
  1. 1 again
  2. 2 once more
  3. 3 re-
重复
chóng fù
  1. 1 to repeat
  2. 2 to duplicate
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
重要
zhòng yào
  1. 1 important
  2. 2 significant
  3. 3 major
一文不值
yī wén bù zhí
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
三文鱼
sān wén yú
  1. 1 salmon (loanword)
中文
Zhōng wén
  1. 1 Chinese language
二重奏
èr chóng zòu
  1. 1 duet (in music)
人文
rén wén
  1. 1 humanities
  2. 2 human affairs
  3. 3 culture

Idioms (20)

一文不值
yī wén bù zhí
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
  1. 1 each word carries weight
  2. 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
不值一文
bù zhí yī wén
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
不知轻重
bù zhī qīng zhòng
  1. 1 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
  2. 2 naive
  3. 3 doesn't know who's who
  4. 4 no sense of priorities
功高望重
gōng gāo wàng zhòng
  1. 1 high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
博文约礼
bó wén yuē lǐ
  1. 1 vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
名重识暗
míng zhòng shí àn
  1. 1 of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
咬文嚼字
yǎo wén jiáo zì
  1. 1 to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
问鼎轻重
wèn dǐng qīng zhòng
  1. 1 lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power
奇文共赏
qí wén gòng shǎng
  1. 1 lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)
  2. 2 incomprehensible nonsense
  3. 3 preposterous bullshit
如释重负
rú shì zhòng fù
  1. 1 as if relieved from a burden (idiom)
  2. 2 to have a weight off one's mind
孔武有力
kǒng wǔ yǒu lì
  1. 1 courageous and strong (idiom)
  2. 2 Herculean (physique etc)
山峦重叠
shān luán chóng dié
  1. 1 overlapping ranges of high mountains (idiom)
忍辱负重
rěn rǔ fù zhòng
  1. 1 to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence
慎重其事
shèn zhòng qí shì
  1. 1 to treat a matter with due consideration (idiom)
才兼文武
cái jiān wén wǔ
  1. 1 talent in both military and civil field (idiom)

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