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. [Usu. wr. 弱]
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弱點 [ruo4dian3]↓;
強弱 strong or weak;
弱小民族 small and weak nations;
弱不勝強 the weak are no match for the strong;
弱肉強食 the weak at the mercy of the strong;
弱不禁風 (of a person) too frail to stand a gust of wind;
弱不勝衣 (rhet.) tender and frail;
孱弱 frail, weak;
虛弱 delicate, feeble;
衰弱 weak, sickly;
柔弱 flabby, flaccid;
疲弱 tired out and weak;
軟弱 weak-kneed, fickle, irresolute;
脆弱 brittle, easily broken;
體弱 physically weak;
老弱 old and infirm: 老弱殘兵 motley troops unfit for combat duty, (fig.) incompetent persons for a given job.
(2) Young: 弱冠 [ruo4guan4] ↓;
弱歲 childhood;
弱齡 youthful;
弱女 a young girl;
弱不好弄 not fond of childish pranks, though young.
2.弱風 [ruo4feng1], n., southeast wind.
3.弱冠 [ruo4guan4], n., (1) formerly, the coming of age at 20; (2) youth.
4.弱翰 [ruo4han4], n., the writing brush.
5.弱者 [ruo4zhe3], n., the weaker of two parties, the weak, the underdog, the weaker sex.
6.弱植 [ruo4zhi2]1, adj., (of a person's character) weak and unable to stand up firmly.
7.弱質 [ruo4zhi2]2, n., tender body (gen. of women).
8.弱累 [ruo4lei4], n., the burden of rearing one's children.
9.弱息 [ruo4xi2], n., one's children.
10.弱行 [ruo4xing2], v.i., (AC, of a crippled person) be unable to walk properly.
11.弱顏 [ruo4yan2], v.i., (LL) be ashamed to face others.
12.弱音器 [ruo4yin1qi4], n., (mus.) a damper.