弱
ruò
Pinyin

Definition

弱
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ruò
  1. weak
  2. feeble
  3. young
  4. inferior
  5. (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than

Character Decomposition

Compounds (7)

弱
ruò
  1. 1 weak
  2. 2 feeble
  3. 3 young
  4. 4 inferior
  5. 5 (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
溺
nì
  1. 1 to drown
  2. 2 to indulge
  3. 3 addicted to
  4. 4 to spoil (a child)
溺
niào
  1. 1 variant: 尿 niào
搦
nuò
  1. 1 (literary) to hold (in the hand)
  2. 2 to challenge
  3. 3 to provoke
鶸
ruò
  1. 1 siskin

Related Words (20)

弱
ruò
  1. 1 weak
  2. 2 feeble
  3. 3 young
  4. 4 inferior
  5. 5 (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
脆弱
cuì ruò
  1. 1 weak
  2. 2 frail
弱势
ruò shì
  1. 1 vulnerable
  2. 2 weak
弱小
ruò xiǎo
  1. 1 small and weak
  2. 2 puny
  3. 3 the small and weak
  4. 4 children
  5. 5 women and children
弱智
ruò zhì
  1. 1 weak-minded
  2. 2 mentally deficient
  3. 3 retarded

Idioms (13)

以弱胜强
yǐ ruò shèng qiáng
  1. 1 using the weak to defeat the strong (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
以强凌弱
yǐ qiáng líng ruò
  1. 1 to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)
国弱民穷
guó ruò mín qióng
  1. 1 the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)
年老体弱
nián lǎo tǐ ruò
  1. 1 old and weak (idiom)
弱不禁风
ruò bù jīn fēng
  1. 1 too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom); extremely delicate
  2. 2 fragile state of health

Sample Sentences

我在这样的爱情里看见的，是我们的软弱。
wǒ zài zhèyàng de àiqíng lǐ kànjiàn de ，shì wǒmen de ruǎnruò 。
What I see in this love is our weakness.
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以前农村的电力设施薄弱，难以支撑大量的智能设备。
yǐqián nóngcūn de diànlì shèshī bóruò ，nányǐ zhīchēng dàliàng de zhìnéng shèbèi 。
In the past, rural power facilities were weak and it was difficult to support a large number of smart devices.
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宋代文学家苏轼的《念奴娇》一词为宋词豪放派的代表作之一，又名《赤壁怀古》。上阙因景生情，从江水滔滔流去联想到消逝在历史长河中的英雄人物，人说赤壁为三国时代古战场，当年周公瑾在此，以弱胜强，击退曹魏，确立三国鼎立之势。
Sòng Dài wénxuéjiā Sū Shì de 《 niànnújiāo 》yī cí wèi Sòngcí háofàng pài de dàibiǎozuò zhīyī ，yòu míng 《 Chìbì huái gǔ 》。shàng què yīn jǐng shēng qíng ，cóng jiāng shuǐ tāotāo liú qù liánxiǎng dào xiāoshì zài lìshǐ cháng hé zhōng de yīngxióng rénwù ，rén shuō Chìbì wèi Sānguó shídài gǔ zhànchǎng ，dāngnián Zhōu Gōngjǐn zài cǐ ，yǐ ruò shèng strong ，jītuì Cáowèi ，quèlì Sānguó dǐnglì zhī shì 。
Song Dynasty literati Su Shi's ci poem 'The Charm of the Courtesan Niannu' is representative of the bold and unconstrained ci faction, and is also called 'Recalling the Past on the Red Cliffs'. The first section uses the landscape to set the tone, from the gurgling flow of the river we think of the historical figures who have disappeared in the river of time. It is said that the red cliffs were the site of an ancient battle during the Three Kingdoms Period. At that time Zhou Yu triumphed from a position of weakness here, forcing the Cao Wei to retreat and ensuring the continuance of the triumvirate states.
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然而踏碎了的蔷薇犹能盛开，醉倒了的猛虎有时醒来。所以霸王有时悲歌，弱女有时杀贼；梅村，子山晚作悲凉，萨松在第一次大战后出版了低调的“心旅”。
ránér tà suì le de qiángwēi yóu néng shèngkāi ，zuì dǎo le de měng hǔ yǒushí xǐnglái 。suǒyǐ bàwáng yǒushí bēigē ，ruò nǚ yǒushí shā zéi ；Méicūn ，Zǐshān wǎn zuò bēiliáng ，Sàsōng zài dìyīcì dàzhàn hòu chūbǎn le dīdiào de “xīnlǚ ”。
However, the trampled rose can still bloom, and the intoxicated tiger will wake at times. Just as the hegemon will sing dirges at times and young girls may kill thieves at times; The late works of Wu Weiye and Yu Xin are sorrowful, for example, and Sassoon published the very downbeat 'The Heart's Journey' after World War I.
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哦，据我所了解，春季气候干燥，极其容易带走皮肤表面的水分，导致皮肤的屏障功能减弱，所以常常有皮肤干痒的问题。
ò ，jù wǒ suǒ liǎojiě ，chūnjì qìhòu gānzào ，jíqí róngyì dàizǒu pífū biǎomiàn de shuǐfèn ，dǎozhì pífū de píngzhàng gōngnéng jiǎnruò ，suǒyǐ chángcháng yǒu pífū gàn yǎng de wèntí 。
Oh, as far as I understand, the weather in spring is dry, so it is particularly easy to lose moisture from the surface of the skin, which weakens the protective ability of the skin, so the skin often gets dry and itchy.
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我的中文水平高于多数人，而且我自己有丰富成功的留学经验，对于你们的客户来说，我说的话会很有说服力，此外，我在大学的留学生办公室当过志愿者，很了解留学生到了当地可能遇到的困难和留学顾问公司服务上的强项和弱项。
wǒ de Zhōngwén shuǐpíng gāoyú duōshù rén ，érqiě wǒ zìjǐ yǒu fēngfù chénggōng de liúxué jīngyàn ，duìyú nǐmen de kèhù láishuō ，wǒ shuō dehuà huì hěn yǒu shuōfú lì ，cǐwài ，wǒ zài dàxué de liúxuéshēng bàngōngshì dāng guò zhìyuànzhě ，hěn liǎojiě liúxuéshēng dào le dāngdì kěnéng yùdào de kùnnan hé liúxué gùwèn gōngsī fúwù shàng de qiángxiàng hé ruòxiàng 。
My Chinese is better than most people and I have a lot of successful experience as an exchange student. So for your clients, I can be quite persuasive. Apart from this, I've served as a volunteer for the exchange student office at my university. I really understand the kind of difficulties that exchange students might meet in the local area, and the strengths and weaknesses of the services of exchange student consulting companies.
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嗯，结果就是有一千七百四十万人同意英国脱离欧盟，占总投票人数的百分之五十一点九，不同意英国脱离欧盟的人数，占了总投票人数的百分之四十八点一，同意脱欧派以微弱的优势胜出。
ng4 ，jiéguǒ jiùshì yǒu yīqiānqībǎisìshíwàn rén tóngyì Yīngguó tuōlí Ōuméng ，zhàn zǒng tóupiàorén shù de bǎifēnzhī wǔshíyīdiǎnjiǔ ，bùtóngyì Yīngguó tuōlí Ōuméng de rénshù ，zhàn le zǒng tóupiào rénshù de bǎi fēnzhī sìshíbādiǎnyī ，tóngyì tuōōu pài yǐ wēiruò de yōushì shèngchū 。
Yeah, and in the end 17.4 million people voted for Brexit, accounting for 51.9% of voters. Those who didn't agree with a UK exit from the EU accounted for 48.1% of voters, giving Brexit a slim victory.
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猎人假扮成弱小的猪，让老虎来吃。等老虎靠近了，猎人就把它抓起来吃掉。
lièrén jiǎbàn chéng ruòxiǎo de zhū ，ràng lǎohǔ lái chī 。děng lǎohǔ kàojìn le ，lièrén jiù bǎ tā zhuā qǐlái chīdiào 。
The hunter pretends to be a vulnerable pig to lure the tiger to eat it. Once the tiger approaches, the hunter catches it and eats it.
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攻击敌人的时候，要攻击敌人的弱点，也就是最弱的地方，或是最痛的地方。
gōngjī dírén de shíhou ，yào gōngjī dírén de ruòdiǎn ，yě jiùshì zuì ruò de dìfang ，huòshì zuì tòng de dìfang 。
When you attack enemies, attack their weak point where they hurt the most.
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嗯，这样反而更削弱了国内产业的竞争力。
ng4 ，zhèyàng fǎnér gèng xuēruò le guónèi chǎnyè de jìngzhēnglì 。
I see, so this actually goes to undermine the competitiveness of Chinese industry.
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