弱势 (弱勢)
ruò shì
Pinyin

Definition

弱势 (弱勢)
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ruò shì
  1. vulnerable
  2. weak

Character Decomposition

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

哎，这个想法好，人们很少会关注弱势群体的精神生活。
āi ，zhè ge xiǎngfǎ hǎo ，rénmen hěnshǎo huì guānzhù ruòshì qúntǐ de jīngshén shēnghuó 。
Hey, this is a good idea. People don't often focus on how disadvantaged groups spend their free time.
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我在的机构叫中国扶贫基金会，平时主要的职责是援助贫困地区的弱势群体，以及对海内外的捐赠基金进行管理。最近我们在搞一个活动，是去广西的贫困山区，帮助那边普及电脑。
wǒ zài de jīgòu jiào Zhōngguó fúpín jījīnhuì ，píngshí zhǔyào de zhízé shì yuánzhù pínkùn dìqū de ruòshì qúntǐ ，yǐjí duì hǎinèiwài de juānzèng jījīn jìnxíng guǎnlǐ 。zuìjìn wǒmen zài gǎo yī ge huódòng ，shì qù Guǎngxī de pínkùn shānqū ，bāngzhù nàbiān pǔjí diànnǎo 。
The organization I'm at is called the, “China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation”. Its usual responsibilities are to support disadvantaged communities in poor areas, as well as managing donations from all over the world. Recently, we've been putting together an activity in which we'll go to an impoverished mountainous region in Guangxi to help with the dissemination of computers.
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政府也在为这个问题伤脑筋呢。听说以后会有物价工资联动机制，来保障弱势群体的生活。
zhèngfǔ yě zài wèi zhè ge wèntí shāng nǎojīn ne 。tīngshuō yǐhòu huì yǒu wùjià gōngzī liándòng jīzhì ，lái bǎozhàng ruòshì qúntǐ de shēnghuó 。
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