輕描淡寫

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy; to touch up	insipid; diluted; weak insipid; diluted; weak; light in colour; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen	to write
trad. (輕描淡寫)		輕	描	淡	寫
simp. (轻描淡写)		轻	描	淡	写

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngmiáodànxiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ miu⁴ daam⁶ se²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngmiáodànxiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingmiáodànsiě
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-miao²-tan⁴-hsieh³
    • Yale: chīng-myáu-dàn-syě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingmiaudannshiee
    • Palladius: цинмяоданьсе (cinmjaodanʹse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tän⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ miu⁴ daam⁶ se²
    • Yale: hīng mìuh daahm sé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ miu⁴ daam⁶ se²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ miu⁴ dam⁶ sé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ miːu̯²¹ taːm²² sɛː³⁵/

Idiom

輕描淡寫

1. to touch on lightly; to mention casually; to play down