沉重
chén zhòng
Pinyin
Definition
沉重
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- heavy
- hard
- serious
- critical
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一言为重
- 1 each word carries weight
- 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
不知轻重
- 1 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
- 2 naive
- 3 doesn't know who's who
- 4 no sense of priorities
功高望重
- 1 high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
千里送鹅毛,礼轻人意重
- 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
- 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
嗯...对了,如果觉得肩膀很沉重的时候,千万不要自拍哦,小心肩膀上有“人”与你合影。
Hm... oh yes, if you feel like there is something heavy on your shoulder, you definitely shouldn't take a selfie, as if you're not careful there may be a "person" on your shoulder in the picture with you.
我是收集了不少各个国家的电影。我特别喜欢看欧洲的独立电影。它们的构思非常独特,有些轻松幽默,有些却沉重黑暗,总之和商业片非常不同。你爱看什么电影?
I collect movies from quite a few different countries. I especially like to watch European independent films. Their story lines are extremely distinctive. Some are light and humorous, whereas others are serious and dark. In a word, they're very different from commercial films. What movies do you like to watch?