"Trifling" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xiè bits / fragments / crumbs / filings / trifling / trivial / to condescend to
 qū qū insignificant / trifling / merely
 suǒ suì trifling / trivial / tedious / inconsequential
 xì thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal
 suǒ fragmentary / trifling
 yóu light carriage / trifling
鸿 qīng yú hóng máo light as a goose feather (idiom) / trifling / unimportant
 suǒ fragmentary / trifling
𬨎 yóu light carriage / trifling
 ér xì child's play / trifling matter
 wán wù sàng zhì lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom) / infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress / excessive attention to trivia saps the will
 gē jī yān yòng niú dāo lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom) / fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter / also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[sha1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1]
 qiān lǐ jì é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
 qiān lǐ sòng é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
 qiān lǐ é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛[qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2]
 qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom) / It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
 lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom) / It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
 shì tóng ér xì to regard sth as a plaything (idiom) / to consider unimportant / to view as trifling
 pì shì (vulgar) trifling matter / mere trifle / goddamn thing / goddamn business
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