He was a weak and delicate child.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
柔弱
weak
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
weak
02
delicate
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 柔弱 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 柔弱 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
In my soul there are many places that are cynical and arrogant, but at its core, it fears the darkness and is as weak as a sheep.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 柔弱.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 柔弱.
Directly before
- 个柔弱1
Directly after
- 柔弱的1
- 柔弱得1
- 柔弱胜1
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 柔弱
What does 柔弱 mean in Chinese?
柔弱 (róuruò) means weak.
How do you pronounce 柔弱?
柔弱 is pronounced róuruò.
Is 柔弱 an HSK word?
柔弱 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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