Usage of the character 弱
ruò
弱
[弱]
- weak; feeble
- young
- inferior; not as good as
- (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
jiànruò
渐弱
[漸弱]
- to fade out
- gradually weakening
- diminuendo
- decrescendo
ruòshì
弱视
[弱視]
- amblyopia
wēiruò
微弱
[微弱]
- weak
- faint
- feeble
xuēruò
削弱
[削弱]
- to weaken
- to impair
- to cripple
sèruò
色弱
[色弱]
- partial color blindness
- color weakness
qiángruò
强弱
[強弱]
- strong or weak
- intensity
- amount of force or pressure
ruòmài
弱脉
[弱脈]
- weak pulse
shìruò
示弱
[示弱]
- not to fight back
- to take it lying down
- to show weakness
- to show one's softer side
cuìruò
脆弱
[脆弱]
- weak
- frail
ruòtīng
弱听
[弱聽]
- hard of hearing
- hearing-impaired
jīruò
积弱
[積弱]
- cumulative weakness
- to decline (over time)
- degeneration
qièruò
怯弱
[怯弱]
- timid
- weak
bóruò
薄弱
[薄弱]
- weak; frail
bìngruò
病弱
[病弱]
- sick and weak
- sickly
- invalid
ruòxiǎo
弱小
[弱小]
- small and weak; puny
- the small and weak; children; women and children
ruòdiǎn
弱点
[弱點]
- weak point
- failing
léiruò
羸弱
[羸弱]
- frail
- weak
ruòbào
弱爆
[弱爆]
- (slang) weak
- pathetic
- subpar
- sucks
yúruò
愚弱
[愚弱]
- ignorant and feeble
shuāiruò
衰弱
[衰弱]
- weak
- feeble
ruòsuān
弱酸
[弱酸]
- weak acid
ruǎnruò
软弱
[軟弱]
- weak
- feeble
- flabby
tǐruò
体弱
[體弱]
- debility
xūruò
虚弱
[虛弱]
- weak
- in poor health
ruòxiàng
弱项
[弱項]
- one's weak area
róuruò
柔弱
[柔弱]
- weak
- delicate
jiāoruò
娇弱
[嬌弱]
- delicate
ruòshì
弱势
[弱勢]
- vulnerable
- weak
ruòhuà
弱化
[弱化]
- weaken
- make weaker
ruòcè
弱侧
[弱側]
- weak side
- off side (sports)
zhìruò
稚弱
[稚弱]
- immature and feeble
ruòzhì
弱智
[弱智]
- weak-minded
- mentally deficient
- retarded
nuòruò
懦弱
[懦弱]
- cowardly; weak
jiǎnruò
减弱
[減弱]
- to weaken; to diminish
píruò
疲弱
[疲弱]
- tired
- weak
- exhausted
xiānruò
纤弱
[纖弱]
- fragile
- delicate
pínruò
贫弱
[貧弱]
- poor and feeble
ruòjiǎn
弱碱
[弱鹼]
- weak base (alkali)
shòuruò
瘦弱
[瘦弱]
- thin and weak
chánruò
孱弱
[孱弱]
- delicate; frail; impotent; weak
ruòzuòyòng
弱作用
[弱作用]
- (physics) weak interaction
wéiqiánglíngruò
违强陵弱
[違強陵弱]
- to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully
wéiqiánglíngruò
违强凌弱
[違強凌弱]
- to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully
- also written 違強陵弱／违强陵弱
ruòshìqúntǐ
弱势群体
[弱勢群體]
- disadvantaged social groups (e.g. the handicapped)
- the economically and politically marginalized
- the dispossessed
jīngshénshuāiruò
精神衰弱
[精神衰弱]
- psychasthenia
- obsessive-compulsive disorder
wénruòshūshēng
文弱书生
[文弱書生]
- (idiom) frail scholar
shénjīngshuāiruò
神经衰弱
[神經衰弱]
- (euphemism) mental illness
- psychasthenia
néngruònéngqiáng
能弱能强
[能弱能強]
- to be either weak or strong both have their purpose (idiom)
niánlǎotǐruò
年老体弱
[年老體弱]
- old and weak (idiom)
tǐruòduōbìng
体弱多病
[體弱多病]
- prone to illness
- sickly
- in fragile health
shìqiángqīruò
恃强欺弱
[恃強欺弱]
- to use one's strength to mistreat people (idiom)
- to bully
ruòzuòyònglì
弱作用力
[弱作用力]
- the weak force (in particle physics)
guóruòmínqióng
国弱民穷
[國弱民窮]
- the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)
chúqiángfúruò
锄强扶弱
[鋤強扶弱]
- to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor
bùgānshìruò
不甘示弱
[不甘示弱]
- not to be outdone
ruòròuqiángshí
弱肉强食
[弱肉強食]
- lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom)
- fig. the law of the jungle
ruòdiàntǒngyī
弱电统一
[弱電統一]
- electro-weak interaction in fermion particle physics
ruòbùjīnfēng
弱不禁风
[弱不禁風]
- too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom); extremely delicate
- fragile state of health
shìqiánglíngruò
恃强凌弱
[恃強凌弱]
- see 恃強欺弱／恃强欺弱 (shìqiángqīruò)
yǐqiánglíngruò
以强凌弱
[以強凌弱]
- to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)
ruòyīntàbǎn
弱音踏板
[弱音踏板]
- soft pedal (on piano)
- una corda pedal
fúruòyìqiáng
扶弱抑强
[扶弱抑強]
- to support the weak and restrain the strong (idiom); robbing the rich to help the poor
bóruòhuánjié
薄弱环节
[薄弱環節]
- weak link
- loophole
yǐruòshèngqiáng
以弱胜强
[以弱勝強]
- using the weak to defeat the strong (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
ruòxiānghùzuòyòng
弱相互作用
[弱相互作用]
- weak interaction (in particle physics)
- weak force
qiángjiàngshǒuxiàwúruòbīng
强将手下无弱兵
[強將手下無弱兵]
- there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)