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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
掉以轻心
to treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 掉以轻心 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 掉以轻心 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 掉以轻心.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 掉以轻心.
Directly before
- 不能掉以轻心2
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 掉以轻心
What does 掉以轻心 mean in Chinese?
掉以轻心 (diàoyǐqīngxīn) means to treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard.
How do you pronounce 掉以轻心?
掉以轻心 is pronounced diàoyǐqīngxīn.
Is 掉以轻心 an HSK word?
掉以轻心 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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