小觑 (小覷)
xiǎo qù
Pinyin

Definition

小觑 (小覷)
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xiǎo qù
  1. to despise
  2. to have contempt for

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

小
xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young
小时
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
大小
dà xiǎo
  1. 1 dimension
  2. 2 magnitude
  3. 3 size
  4. 4 measurement
  5. 5 large and small
  6. 6 at any rate
  7. 7 adults and children
  8. 8 consideration of seniority
小丑
xiǎo chǒu
  1. 1 clown
小事
xiǎo shì
  1. 1 trifle
  2. 2 trivial matter
  3. 3 classifier: 点 diǎn

Idioms (20)

上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
  1. 1 poor people (idiom)
  2. 2 those who live from hand to mouth

Sample Sentences

这倒是没错，古人的智慧真是不可小觑。
zhèdàoshì méicuò ，gǔrén de zhìhuì zhēn shì bùkěxiǎoqù 。
That's true enough, the wisdom of the ancients is nothing to be sneezed at.
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完全正确。徐玲的实力不可小觑啊。张明辉，加油。下一个问题，我们评判美食的黄金标准是色、香、味，请问哪一个菜系被公认在这三方面做到了极致？
wánquán zhèngquè 。Xú Líng de shílì bùkěxiǎoqù a 。Zhāng Mínghuī ，jiāyóu 。xiàyīge wèntí ，wǒmen píngpàn měishí de huángjīn biāozhǔn shì sè 、xiāng 、wèi ，qǐngwèn nǎyīge cài xì bèi gōngrèn zài zhè sān fāngmiàn zuòdào le jízhì ？
That's right. No one should underestimate Xu Ling. You need to up your game, Zhang Minghui. Next question, the gold standards for evaluating cuisine are appearance, fragrance, and flavor. Please tell me: By popular agreement, which style of food best satisfies these requirements?
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嗨，所谓向上管理，核心就是用更好的方式跟老板沟通而已，让工作更高效。当然了，如果公司前途暗淡，老板简直是人渣，你实力也不容小觑，还是可以考虑另谋高就的。
hāi ，suǒwèi xiàngshàng guǎnlǐ ，héxīn jiùshì yòng gèng hǎo de fāngshì gēn lǎobǎn gōutōng éryǐ ，ràng gōngzuò gèng gāoxiào 。dāngrán le ，rúguǒ gōngsī qiántú àndàn ，lǎobǎn jiǎnzhí shì rénzhā ，nǐ shílì yě bùróng xiǎoqù ，háishì kěyǐ kǎolǜ lìng móu gāojiù de 。
Come on, this idea of "upward management" at it's core, is just using better ways to communicate with your boss and therefore making your work more efficient. However, if the company has no future, the boss is a total A-hole and your talents are being overlooked and you should still consider finding a better position elsewhere.
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