举重 (舉重)
jǔ zhòng
Pinyin

Definition

举重 (舉重)
 - 
jǔ zhòng
  1. to lift weights
  2. weight-lifting (sports)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

严重
yán zhòng
  1. 1 grave
  2. 2 serious
  3. 3 severe
  4. 4 critical
重
chóng
  1. 1 to repeat
  2. 2 repetition
  3. 3 again
  4. 4 re-
  5. 5 classifier: layer
重新
chóng xīn
  1. 1 again
  2. 2 once more
  3. 3 re-
重要
zhòng yào
  1. 1 important
  2. 2 significant
  3. 3 major
保重
bǎo zhòng
  1. 1 to take care of oneself

Idioms (20)

一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
  1. 1 each word carries weight
  2. 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
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.

Sample Sentences

举重
jǔzhòng
to lift weights
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是啊，我几乎每天都来。夏天常来游泳，现在主要来做力量和耐力运动，像举重和跑步什么的。你好像刚开始健身吧？
shì ā ，wǒ jīhū měitiān dōu lái 。xiàtiān cháng lái yóuyǒng ，xiànzài zhǔyào lái zuò lìliang hé nàilì yùndòng ，xiàng jǔzhòng hé pǎobù shénme de 。nǐ hǎoxiàng gāng kāishǐ jiànshēn ba ？
Yeah, I come here almost every day. In the summer I often come here to swim. Now I mainly do strength and endurance exercises like weightlifting and jogging, etc. It seems like you’ve just started working out, is that right?
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