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拈轻怕重 (niān qīng pà zhòng): Pick the easy and avoid the hard — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

拈轻怕重 consists of 4 characters.

pick up with fingers; draw lots

to fear, to be afraid

heavy; serious; once more

Word Info

Pinyinniān qīng pà zhòng

Meaningpick the easy and avoid the hard

Characters4

HSK 2.0—

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Syntax—

Word拈轻怕重

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 拈轻怕重.

Words with 拈

拈花niān huā
拈阄niān jiū
拈香niān xiāng

Words with 轻

年轻nián qīngHSK 3
减轻jiǎn qīngHSK 4
轻松qīng sōngHSK 4
轻易qīng yìHSK 5
轻视qīng shìHSK 5
轻重qīng zhòngHSK 5
举足轻重jǔ zú qīng zhòngHSK 6
轻型qīng xíngHSK 7-9

Words with 怕

害怕hài pàHSK 3
恐怕kǒng pàHSK 4
可怕kě pàHSK 5
哪怕nǎ pàHSK 5
生怕shēng pàHSK 7-9

Words with 重

重要zhòng yàoHSK 3
严重yán zhòngHSK 4
体重tǐ zhòngHSK 4
尊重zūn zhòngHSK 4
重新chóng xīnHSK 4
重点zhòng diǎnHSK 4
重视zhòng shìHSK 4
轻重

qīng zhòng

HSK 5

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Example Sentences with 拈轻怕重

Tā他

gōng工

zuò作

niān拈

qīng轻

pà怕

zhòng重

，

dà大

jiā家

dōu都

bù不

xǐ喜

huān欢

tā他

。

He picks easy tasks and avoids hard ones at work, so everyone dislikes him.