避重就輕

Chinese

		avoid; shun; flee avoid; shun; flee; escape; leave; to keep away; to leave; to hide	heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer	at once; then; right away at once; then; right away; only; (emphasis); to approach; to move towards; to undertake	light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral
trad. (避重就輕)		避	重	就	輕
simp. (避重就轻)		避	重	就	轻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìzhòngjiùqīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ cung⁵ zau⁶ heng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pī-tāng-chiū-khin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìzhòngjiùqīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìjhòngjiòucing
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-chung⁴-chiu⁴-chʻing¹
    • Yale: bì-jùng-jyòu-chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihjonqjiowching
    • Palladius: бичжунцзюцин (bičžunczjucin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei⁶ cung⁵ zau⁶ heng¹
    • Yale: beih chúhng jauh hēng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ tsung⁵ dzau⁶ heng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ cung⁵ zeo⁶ héng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² t͡sʰʊŋ¹³ t͡sɐu̯²² hɛːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī-tāng-chiū-khin
    • Tâi-lô: pī-tāng-tsiū-khin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pixdaxngciuxqyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²²⁻²¹ taŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡siu²²⁻²¹ kʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹⁻²² taŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡siu⁴¹⁻²² kʰin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²²⁻²¹ taŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡siu²²⁻²¹ kʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi³³⁻¹¹ taŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡siu³³⁻¹¹ kʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi³³⁻²¹ taŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡siu³³⁻²¹ kʰin⁴⁴/

Idiom

避重就輕

1. to pick only the easy tasks to do; to take the easy way out
2. to avoid the major issues and only engage in the trivial ones