低微
dī wēi
Pinyin

Definition

低微
 - 
dī wēi
  1. meager (wages)
  2. humble (social status)
  3. feeble (voice)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

微
Wēi
  1. 1 surname Wei
  2. 2 ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [Wéi]
低
dī
  1. 1 low
  2. 2 beneath
  3. 3 to lower (one's head)
  4. 4 to let droop
  5. 5 to hang down
  6. 6 to incline
低落
dī luò
  1. 1 downcast
  2. 2 gloomy
  3. 3 to decline
低调
dī diào
  1. 1 low pitch
  2. 2 quiet (voice)
  3. 3 subdued
  4. 4 low-key
  5. 5 low-profile
低头
dī tóu
  1. 1 to bow the head
  2. 2 to yield
  3. 3 to give in
卑微
bēi wēi
  1. 1 lowly
  2. 2 humble
微信
Wēi xìn
  1. 1 Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 騰訊|腾讯[Téng xùn])
微博
wēi bó
  1. 1 microblogging
  2. 2 microblog
微博客
wēi bó kè
  1. 1 microblogging
  2. 2 microblog
微微
wēi wēi
  1. 1 slight
  2. 2 faint
  3. 3 humble
微波炉
wēi bō lú
  1. 1 microwave oven
  2. 2 CL:臺|台[tái]
微笑
wēi xiào
  1. 1 smile
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],絲|丝[sī]
  3. 3 to smile
微薄
wēi bó
  1. 1 scanty
  2. 2 meager
微风
wēi fēng
  1. 1 breeze
  2. 2 light wind
稍微
shāo wēi
  1. 1 a little bit
降低
jiàng dī
  1. 1 to reduce
  2. 2 to lower
  3. 3 to bring down
人微言轻
rén wēi yán qīng
  1. 1 (idiom) what lowly people think counts for little
低三下四
dī sān xià sì
  1. 1 servile
低下
dī xià
  1. 1 low status
  2. 2 lowly
  3. 3 to lower (one's head)
低于
dī yú
  1. 1 to be lower than

Idioms (20)

一见高低
yī jiàn gāo dī
  1. 1 lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to cross swords with
  3. 3 to lock horns
不识高低
bù shí gāo dī
  1. 1 can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
人微言轻
rén wēi yán qīng
  1. 1 (idiom) what lowly people think counts for little
低声细语
dī shēng xì yǔ
  1. 1 in a whisper
  2. 2 in a low voice (idiom)
低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
  1. 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
天低吴楚，眼空无物
tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù
  1. 1 the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
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
微乎其微
wēi hū qí wēi
  1. 1 a tiny bit
  2. 2 very little
  3. 3 next to nothing (idiom)
扒高踩低
pá gāo cǎi dī
  1. 1 crawl high, step low (idiom); unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and trampling on one's juniors
  2. 2 toadying and bullying
渺乎其微
miǎo hū qí wēi
  1. 1 remote and insignificant (idiom)
无微不至
wú wēi bù zhì
  1. 1 in every possible way (idiom); meticulous
眼高手低
yǎn gāo shǒu dī
  1. 1 to have high standards but little ability
  2. 2 to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)
积于忽微
jī yú hū wēi
  1. 1 to accumulate tiny quantities (idiom)
见微知著
jiàn wēi zhī zhù
  1. 1 one tiny clue reveals the general trend (idiom); small beginnings show how things will develop
视微知着
shì wēi zhī zhuó
  1. 1 one tiny clue reveals the general trend (idiom); small beginnings show how things will develop
识微见几
shí wēi jiàn jǐ
  1. 1 lit. see a tiny bit and understand everything (idiom)
防微杜渐
fáng wēi dù jiàn
  1. 1 to nip in the bud (idiom)
体恤入微
tǐ xù rù wēi
  1. 1 to emphasize down to last detail (idiom); to show every possible consideration
  2. 2 meticulous care

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