脆弱
cuì ruò
Pinyin

Definition

脆弱
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cuì ruò
  1. weak
  2. frail

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

干脆
gān cuì
  1. 1 straightforward
  2. 2 clear-cut
  3. 3 blunt (e.g. statement)
  4. 4 you might as well
  5. 5 simply
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

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

是啊，现在的婚姻真的很脆弱。好多人都过分强调个人感情，追求一时的新鲜和刺激。什么网恋、婚外情、一夜情、还有闪婚，社会上的诱惑实在太多了，好多人都抵挡不住。所以现在中国人的感情出轨机率高得惊人。我有一个朋友结婚才一年就有了婚外情，接着就是夫妻俩闹离婚。
shì ā ，xiànzài de hūnyīn zhēnde hěn cuìruò 。hǎoduō rén dōu guòfèn qiángdiào gèrén gǎnqíng ，zhuīqiú yīshí de xīnxiān hé cìjī 。shénme wǎngliàn 、hūnwàiqíng 、yīyèqíng 、hái yǒu shǎnhūn ，shèhuì shàng de yòuhuò shízài tài duō le ，hǎoduō rén dōu dǐdǎng búzhù 。suǒyǐ xiànzài zhōngguórén de gǎnqíng chūguǐ jīlǜ gāo de jīngrén 。wǒ yǒu yī ge péngyou jiéhūn cái yī nián jiù yǒu le hūnwàiqíng ，jiēzhe jiùshì fūqī liǎ nào líhūn 。
Yeah, marriages today are really fragile. A lot of people care too much about personal emotion, so they go looking for something fresh and stimulating for a short time. So now China has a surprisingly high level of failed relationships. I have a friend who had an affair after just a year of marriage. Then he and his wife had a big fight, and got divorced.
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那要是以后我们不能在一起了呢？要是你不爱我了，我可怎么办？网上都说了，同居是最脆弱的关系！
nà yàoshì yǐhòu wǒmen bùnéng zài yīqǐ le ne ？yàoshì nǐ bù ài wǒ le ，wǒ kě zěnme bàn ？wǎngshàng dōu shuō le ，tóngjū shì zuì cuìruò de guānxi ！
Well, then what if afterwards we can't be together anymore? What if you don't love me anymore? What will I do? All over the internet, people say that living together before marriage creates a really fragile situation.
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是的，中国的物流基础设施相对西方国家来说还比较脆弱。我国的高速公路只有美国的三分之一。有些地区的公路质量很好，但有的地区公路低于标准水平。火车更多的是载人，而不是运载货物。港口也是如此，大量船舶的进出时常导致港口拥堵。好在政府也越来越重视运输基础设施的建设，也投入了大量的人力物力和财力。正在修建中的洋山深水港工程，不就是为了优化物流基础设施而建造的嘛。相信这个大航运中心建成之后，我国物流的发展也会再上一个新台阶。
shì de ，Zhōngguó de wùliú jīchǔshèshī xiāngduì xīfāng guójiā láishuō hái bǐjiào cuìruò 。wǒguó de gāosùgōnglù zhǐyǒu Měiguó de sānfēnzhīyī 。yǒuxiē dìqū de gōnglù zhìliàng hěn hǎo ，dàn yǒude dìqū gōnglù dīyú biāozhǔn shuǐpíng 。huǒchē gèng duō de shì zàirén ，ér bù shì yùnzài huòwù 。gǎngkǒu yě shì rúcǐ ，dàliàng chuánbó de jìnchū shícháng dǎozhì gǎngkǒu yōngdǔ 。hǎozài zhèngfǔ yě yuèláiyuè zhòngshì yùnshū jīchǔshèshī de jiànshè ，yě tóurù le dàliàng de rénlì wùlì hé cáilì 。zhèngzài xiūjiàn zhōng de Yángshān shēnshuǐgǎng gōngchéng ，bù jiùshì wèile yōuhuà wùliú jīchǔshèshī ér jiànzào de ma 。xiāngxìn zhège dà hángyùn zhōngxīn jiànchéng zhīhòu ，wǒguó wùliú de fāzhǎn yě huì zài shàng yī ge xīn táijiē 。
Yes. Compared with Western countries, China's logistical infrastructure is pretty fragile. We only have one third as many highways as America. The quality of the highways in some areas is really good, but in some areas it's substandard. Trains carry mostly people, not goods. Harbors are the same way. The large number of boats coming and going often leads to congestion. The good news is, the government is taking the construction of transport infrastructure more and more seriously, and they've invested a lot of human, material, and financial resources. The Yangshan Deep-Water harbor currently in construction is being built to optimize the logistical infrastructure. I'm confident that once this shipping center is built, Chinese logistics will be able to go to the next level.
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