掉以轻心 — Chinese idiom
掉以轻心
diào yǐ qīng xīn
Traditional: 掉以輕心
Meaning
- to treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard
Character by character
- 掉diàoto drop, to fall, to remove
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 轻qīnglight, gentle; simple, easy
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
Idioms sharing a character
- 尾大不掉 wěi dà bù diào
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
- 不以为然 bù yǐ wéi rán
- 不知所以 bù zhī suǒ yǐ
- 以一驭万 yǐ yī yù wàn
- 以假乱真 yǐ jiǎ luàn zhēn
- 以债养债 yǐ zhài yǎng zhài
- 以儆效尤 yǐ jǐng xiào yóu
- 以卵击石 yǐ luǎn jī shí
- 以史为鉴 yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn
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