加重
jiā zhòng
Pinyin

Definition

加重
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jiā zhòng
  1. to make heavier
  2. to emphasize
  3. (of an illness etc) to become more serious
  4. to aggravate (a bad situation)
  5. to increase (a burden, punishment etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

加
Jiā
  1. 1 abbr. for Canada 加拿大[Jiā ná dà]
  2. 2 surname Jia
加入
jiā rù
  1. 1 to become a member
  2. 2 to join
  3. 3 to mix into
  4. 4 to participate in
  5. 5 to add in
加油
jiā yóu
  1. 1 to add oil
  2. 2 to top up with gas
  3. 3 to refuel
  4. 4 to accelerate
  5. 5 to step on the gas
  6. 6 (fig.) to make an extra effort
  7. 7 to cheer sb on
参加
cān jiā
  1. 1 to participate
  2. 2 to take part
  3. 3 to join
严重
yán zhòng
  1. 1 grave
  2. 2 serious
  3. 3 severe
  4. 4 critical
增加
zēng jiā
  1. 1 to raise
  2. 2 to increase
更加
gèng jiā
  1. 1 more (than sth else)
  2. 2 even more
重
chóng
  1. 1 to repeat
  2. 2 repetition
  3. 3 again
  4. 4 re-
  5. 5 classifier: layer
重新
chóng xīn
  1. 1 again
  2. 2 once more
  3. 3 re-
重要
zhòng yào
  1. 1 important
  2. 2 significant
  3. 3 major
交加
jiāo jiā
  1. 1 to occur at the same time (of two things)
  2. 2 to be mingled
  3. 3 to accompany each other
伏特加
fú tè jiā
  1. 1 vodka (loanword)
保重
bǎo zhòng
  1. 1 to take care of oneself
加上
jiā shàng
  1. 1 plus
  2. 2 to put in
  3. 3 to add
  4. 4 to add on
  5. 5 to add into
  6. 6 in addition
  7. 7 on top of that
加之
jiā zhī
  1. 1 moreover
  2. 2 in addition to that
加以
jiā yǐ
  1. 1 in addition
  2. 2 moreover
  3. 3 (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned)
  4. 4 to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb)
  5. 5 to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
加倍
jiā bèi
  1. 1 to double
  2. 2 to redouble
加分
jiā fēn
  1. 1 extra credit (on a test)
  2. 2 bonus point
加剧
jiā jù
  1. 1 to intensify
  2. 2 to sharpen
  3. 3 to accelerate
  4. 4 to aggravate
  5. 5 to exacerbate
  6. 6 to embitter
加大
jiā dà
  1. 1 to increase (e.g. one's effort)

Idioms (20)

一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
  1. 1 each word carries weight
  2. 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
不知轻重
bù zhī qīng zhòng
  1. 1 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
  2. 2 naive
  3. 3 doesn't know who's who
  4. 4 no sense of priorities
功高望重
gōng gāo wàng zhòng
  1. 1 high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
加官进位
jiā guān jìn wèi
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
加官进爵
jiā guān jìn jué
  1. 1 promotion to the nobility (idiom)
加官进禄
jiā guān jìn lù
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
  1. 1 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.
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
名重识暗
míng zhòng shí àn
  1. 1 of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
问鼎轻重
wèn dǐng qīng zhòng
  1. 1 lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power
如释重负
rú shì zhòng fù
  1. 1 as if relieved from a burden (idiom)
  2. 2 to have a weight off one's mind
山峦重叠
shān luán chóng dié
  1. 1 overlapping ranges of high mountains (idiom)
年功加俸
nián gōng jiā fèng
  1. 1 increase in salary according to one's service record for the year (idiom)
忍辱负重
rěn rǔ fù zhòng
  1. 1 to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence
快马加鞭
kuài mǎ jiā biān
  1. 1 to spur the horse to full speed (idiom)
  2. 2 to go as fast as possible
悔恨交加
huǐ hèn jiāo jiā
  1. 1 to feel remorse and shame (idiom)
慎重其事
shèn zhòng qí shì
  1. 1 to treat a matter with due consideration (idiom)
故地重游
gù dì chóng yóu
  1. 1 to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane
文不加点
wén bù jiā diǎn
  1. 1 to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom)
  2. 2 to be quick-witted and skilled at writing compositions

Sample Sentences

嗯，其实我最近感冒也拖了很久了，每次快要好了，病情又加重。也经常闹肚子疼，病恹恹的样子我自己也受不了。
en ，qíshí wǒ zuìjìn gǎnmào yě tuō le hěn jiǔ le ，měicì kuàiyào hǎo le ，bìngqíng yòu jiāzhòng 。yě jīngcháng nào dùzi téng ，bìngyānyān de yàngzi wǒ zìjǐ yě shòubùliǎo 。
Yeah, my recent cold actually dragged out for quite some time. Every time it was almost better, it just got even worse. I also often get stomach aches, so that I was fed up with being sick and miserable.
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你这人看新闻只看标题啊？借钱是有附带条件的，要减少政府开支，还有加重税赋。
nǐ zhè rén kàn xīnwén zhī kàn biāotí ā ？jièqián shì yǒu fùdài tiáojiàn de ，yào jiǎnshǎo zhèngfǔ kāizhī ，háiyǒu jiāzhòng shuìfù 。
You only ever read the headline, eh? There are conditions to the loan. They have to reduce government spending and raise taxes.
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对对对。不过我想以后应该会有较大改观吧。中国加入世贸组织以后，政府越来越重视知识产权的保护了。听说我们国家专门成立了相关部门，进行这方面的管理和监督。而且也加重了对侵权行为的法律处罚。
duì duì duì 。bùguò wǒ xiǎng yǐhòu yīnggāi huì yǒu jiàodà gǎiguān ba 。Zhōngguó jiārù shìmàozǔzhī yǐhòu ，zhèngfǔ yuèláiyuè zhòngshì zhīshichǎnquán de bǎohù le 。tīngshuō wǒmen guójiā zhuānmén chénglì le xiāngguān bùmén ，jìnxíng zhè fāngmiàn de guǎnlǐ hé jiāndū 。érqiě yě jiāzhòng le duì qīnquán xíngwéi de fǎlǜ chǔfá 。
Right, right. But I think that hereafter it should improve somewhat. Ever since China joined the WTO, the government has taken protection of intellectual property rights more and more seriously. I have heard that the government has specially set up a correlating department to carry out the supervision and oversight of these matters. Furthermore, they have also made the penalties for violation of infringement laws more serious.
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如果不加大企业间的竞争，单纯依赖政府扶持，国有企业只能继续没有效率地运行下去，这样可能会进一步加重政府的负担，是没有任何好处的。就算表面上掩饰了失业率，可是经济并没有发展，人民生活水平也没能真正得到提高。
rúguǒ bù jiādà qǐyè jiān de jìngzhēng ，dānchún yīlài zhèngfǔ fúchí ，guóyǒu qǐyè zhǐnéng jìxù méiyǒu xiàolǜ de yùnxíng xiàqu ，zhèyàng kěnéng huì jìn yī bù jiāzhòng zhèngfǔ de fùdān ，shì méiyǒu rènhé hǎochu de 。jiùsuàn biǎomiàn shàng yǎnshì le shīyèlǜ ，kěshì jīngjì bìng méiyǒu fāzhǎn ，rénmín shēnghuó shuǐpíng yě méinéng zhēnzhèng dédào tígāo 。
If they don't add competition between big enterprises, and rely purely on government support, state-owned enterprises can only continue to operate inefficiently. Doing it this way will make the government's burden even heavier. It has no plus side at all. Even if on the surface you've concealed the unemployment rate, the economy still hasn't developed. People's standard of living hasn't really risen at all.
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