轻重缓急 — Chinese idiom
轻重缓急
qīng zhòng huǎn jí
Traditional: 輕重緩急
Meaning
- slight or important, urgent or non-urgent ; to deal with important matters first
- sense of priority
Character by character
- 轻qīnglight, gentle; simple, easy
- 重zhòngheavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
- 缓huǎnslow, gradual; to postpone, to delay
- 急jíanxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent
Idioms sharing a character
- 不知轻重 bù zhī qīng zhòng
- 人微言轻 rén wēi yán qīng
- 问鼎轻重 wèn dǐng qīng zhòng
- 年轻力壮 nián qīng lì zhuàng
- 年轻气盛 nián qīng qì shèng
- 掉以轻心 diào yǐ qīng xīn
- 文人相轻 wén rén xiāng qīng
- 举足轻重 jǔ zú qīng zhòng
- 轻口薄舌 qīng kǒu bó shé
- 轻嘴薄舌 qīng zuǐ bó shé
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