微小
wēi xiǎo
Pinyin

Definition

微小
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wēi xiǎo
  1. minute (i.e. extremely small)
  2. infinitesimal

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
Wēi
  1. 1 surname Wei
  2. 2 ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [Wéi]
bēi wēi
  1. 1 lowly
  2. 2 humble
dà xiǎo
  1. 1 dimension
  2. 2 magnitude
  3. 3 size
  4. 4 measurement
  5. 5 large and small
  6. 6 at any rate
  7. 7 adults and children
  8. 8 consideration of seniority
xiǎo chǒu
  1. 1 clown
xiǎo shì
  1. 1 trifle
  2. 2 trivial matter
  3. 3 CL:點|点[diǎn]
xiǎo huǒ
  1. 1 young guy
  2. 2 lad
  3. 3 youngster
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
xiǎo huǒ zi
  1. 1 young man
  2. 2 young guy
  3. 3 lad
  4. 4 youngster
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
xiǎo tōu
  1. 1 thief
xiǎo chī
  1. 1 snack
  2. 2 refreshments
  3. 3 CL:家[jiā]
xiǎo pǐn
  1. 1 short, simple literary or artistic creation
  2. 2 essay
  3. 3 skit
xiǎo mèi
  1. 1 little sister
  2. 2 girl
  3. 3 (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc)
xiǎo jie
  1. 1 young lady
  2. 2 miss
  3. 3 (slang) prostitute
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
xiǎo yí
  1. 1 (coll.) wife's younger sister
  2. 2 sister-in-law
xiǎo zǐ
  1. 1 (literary) youngster
  2. 2 (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation)
  3. 3 (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders)
xiǎo hái
  1. 1 child
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
xiǎo hái zi
  1. 1 child
xiǎo xué
  1. 1 elementary school
  2. 2 primary school
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
xiǎo xué shēng
  1. 1 primary school student
  2. 2 schoolchild
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],名[míng]
  4. 4 (fig.) beginner

Idioms (20)

上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
人微言轻
rén wēi yán qīng
  1. 1 (idiom) what lowly people think counts for little
以小人之心,度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
  1. 1 poor people (idiom)
  2. 2 those who live from hand to mouth
因小失大
yīn xiǎo shī dà
  1. 1 to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
大事化小,小事化了
dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo
  1. 1 to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)
大材小用
dà cái xiǎo yòng
  1. 1 using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom)
  2. 2 a sledgehammer to crack a nut
大处着眼,小处着手
dà chù zhuó yǎn , xiǎo chù zhuó shǒu
  1. 1 think of the big picture, start with the little things (idiom)
大街小巷
dà jiē xiǎo xiàng
  1. 1 great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
大惊小怪
dà jīng xiǎo guài
  1. 1 to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
家世寒微
jiā shì hán wēi
  1. 1 to be of humble origin (idiom)
察微知著
chá wēi zhī zhù
  1. 1 to examine tiny clues to know general trends (idiom)
  2. 2 to deduce the whole story from small traces
小不忍则乱大谋
xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu
  1. 1 (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
小人得志
xiǎo rén dé zhì
  1. 1 lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. an inferior person gets into a position of power, becoming conceited and arrogant
小作怡情,大作伤身
xiǎo zuò yí qíng , dà zuò shāng shēn
  1. 1 a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom)
小别胜新婚
xiǎo bié shèng xīn hūn
  1. 1 reunion after an absence is sweeter than being newlyweds (idiom)
  2. 2 absence makes the heart grow fonder
小学而大遗
xiǎo xué ér dà yí
  1. 1 to concentrate on trivial points while neglecting the main problem (idiom)
小山包包
xiǎo shān bāo bao
  1. 1 a landscape dotted with low hills and hillocks (idiom)

Sample Sentences

韩黎诗:“受尽了命运那巨棒的痛打,我的头在流血,但不曾垂下!”华兹华斯诗:“最微小的花朵对于我,能激起非泪水所能表现的深思。”完整的人生应该兼有这两种至高的境界。
Hán Lí shī :“shòu jìn le mìngyùn nà jù bàng de tòng dǎ ,wǒ de tóu zài liúxiě ,dàn bù céng chuíxià !”Huázīhuásī shī :“zuì wēixiǎo de huāduǒ duìyú wǒ ,néng jīqǐ fēi lèishuǐ suǒ néng biǎoxiàn de shēnsī 。”wánzhěng de rénshēng yīnggāi jiān yǒu zhè liǎng zhǒng zhì gāo de jìngjiè 。
As Henley's poem states, "Under the bludgeonings of chance, My head is bloody, but unbowed." As William Wordsworth's poem states, "To me the meanest flower that blows can give, Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears." A complete life should include the ultimate realization of both these conceptual realms.
向、朝、往”都跟方向有关,单纯地指出方向的时候,用法相同,但是搭配不同的动作概念的时候,就会有微小的差别了。
xiàng 、cháo 、wǎng ”dōu gēn fāngxiàng yǒuguān ,dānchún de zhǐchū fāngxiàng de shíhou ,yòngfǎ xiāngtóng ,dànshì dāpèi bùtóng de dòngzuò gàiniàn de shíhou ,jiù huì yǒu wēixiǎo de chābié le 。
Xiang4, chao2 and wang3 are all related to "direction". If you are simply using them when giving directions, the usage is the same. However, when paired with different actions, differences begin to emerge.
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差不多是这个意思,就是生活中一些微小的、能确定的幸福时刻,村上自己举的例子是,运动完后,喝下一大口啤酒的时刻。
chàbuduō shì zhè ge yìsi ,jiùshì shēnghuózhōng yīxiē wēixiǎo de 、néng quèdìng de xìngfú shíkè ,cūnshàng zìjǐ jǔ de lìzi shì ,yùndòng wán hòu ,hēxià yī dà kǒu píjiǔ de shíkè 。
That's more or less the meaning. It's the tiny moment's in life where you are guaranteed happiness.The example that Murakami gives is the moment you gulp down some beer after you do sports.
直观地说,就是五万分之一的头发丝大小。所以纳米科学简单地说就是一种微小科学。我们都知道,世界万物都由原子组成。想象一下如果我们可以随意排列原子会发生什么呢?
zhíguān de shuō ,jiùshì wǔ wànfēnzhīyī de tóufasī dàxiǎo 。suǒyǐ nàmǐkēxué jiǎndāndeshuō jiùshì yīzhǒng wēixiǎokēxué 。wǒmen dōu zhīdào ,shìjiè wànwù dōu yóu yuánzǐ zǔchéng 。xiǎngxiàng yīxià rúguǒ wǒmen kěyǐ suíyì páiliè yuánzǐ huì fāshēng shénme ne ?
To put it in more familiar terms, it's 1/50,000th of the size of a strand of hair. So nanoscience can simply be said to be a kind of microscience. We all know that the universe is composed of atoms. Imagine if we could arrange those atoms however we wished. What would happen then?