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| Pronunciation |
: |
ruò |
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| Meaning |
: |
- weak. (adj)
- young. (adj)
- inferior. (adj)
|
| Radical |
: |
弓 |
| Strokes |
: |
7 |
| Traditional |
: |
弱 |
| Usage |
: |
10.3% |
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Common Words / Phrases:
| 1. |
|
|
: |
the old and the young |
| 2. |
|
|
: |
weak; frail; fragile |
Sentences:
| 1. He is very weak. |
| tā |
shēn |
tǐ |
hěn |
ruò |
。 |
| 他 |
身 |
体 |
很 |
弱 |
。 |
|
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|
| 他 |
: |
he |
| 身体 |
: |
body |
| 很 |
: |
very |
| 弱 |
: |
weak |
|
| 2. One of the frailties of human nature is laziness. |
| rén |
xìng |
de |
ruò |
diǎn |
zhī |
yī |
shì |
lǎn |
duò |
。 |
| 人 |
性 |
的 |
弱 |
点 |
之 |
一 |
是 |
懒 |
惰 |
。 |
|
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|
| 人性 |
: |
human nature |
| 的 |
: |
(particle) used after an attribute |
| 弱点 |
: |
weakness |
| 之一 |
: |
(pronoun) one of |
| 是 |
: |
is |
| 懒惰 |
: |
laziness |
|
| 3. Your argument is too weak to convince me. |
| nǐ |
de |
lùn |
diǎn |
tài |
báo |
ruò |
le |
， |
shuì |
fú |
bú |
liǎo |
wǒ |
。 |
| 你 |
的 |
论 |
点 |
太 |
薄 |
弱 |
了 |
， |
说 |
服 |
不 |
了 |
我 |
。 |
|
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|
|
| 你的 |
: |
your |
| 论点 |
: |
argument |
| 太 |
: |
too |
| 薄弱 |
: |
weak, feeble |
| 了 |
: |
(particle) indicating a certain situation under certain conditions |
| 说服 |
: |
convince |
| 不了 |
: |
(used after a verb) cannot, be unable to, be imposible to |
| 我 |
: |
me |
|
| 4. She’s no less capable than the others. |
| tā |
de |
néng |
lì |
bìng |
bù |
bǐ |
bié |
rén |
ruò |
。 |
| 她 |
的 |
能 |
力 |
并 |
不 |
比 |
别 |
人 |
弱 |
。 |
|
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|
| 她的 |
: |
her |
| 能力 |
: |
ability, capability |
| 并 |
: |
(used to reinforce a negative) actually, definitely |
| 不 |
: |
not |
| 比 |
: |
(preposition) than |
| 别人 |
: |
other people |
| 弱 |
: |
weak, inferior |
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