轻描淡写
qīng miáo dàn xiě
Pinyin

Definition

轻描淡写
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qīng miáo dàn xiě
  1. to sketch in light shades
  2. to play down
  3. to deemphasize (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

平淡
píng dàn
  1. 1 flat
  2. 2 dull
  3. 3 ordinary
  4. 4 nothing special
淡
dàn
  1. 1 insipid
  2. 2 diluted
  3. 3 weak
  4. 4 mild
  5. 5 light in color
  6. 6 tasteless
  7. 7 indifferent
  8. 8 (variant of 氮[dàn]) nitrogen
淡定
dàn dìng
  1. 1 calm and collected
  2. 2 unperturbed
淡淡
dàn dàn
  1. 1 faint
  2. 2 dim
  3. 3 dull
  4. 4 insipid
  5. 5 unenthusiastic
  6. 6 indifferent
冷淡
lěng dàn
  1. 1 cold
  2. 2 indifferent
惨淡
cǎn dàn
  1. 1 dark
  2. 2 gloomy
  3. 3 dismal
  4. 4 by painstaking effort
扯淡
chě dàn
  1. 1 to talk nonsense
扫描
sǎo miáo
  1. 1 to scan
描写
miáo xiě
  1. 1 to describe
  2. 2 to depict
  3. 3 to portray
  4. 4 description
描绘
miáo huì
  1. 1 to describe
  2. 2 to portray
描述
miáo shù
  1. 1 to describe
  2. 2 description
暗淡
àn dàn
  1. 1 dark
  2. 2 dim (light)
  3. 3 dull (color)
  4. 4 drab
  5. 5 (fig.) gloomy
  6. 6 bleak
冲淡
chōng dàn
  1. 1 to dilute
淡出
dàn chū
  1. 1 to fade out (cinema)
  2. 2 to withdraw from (politics, acting etc)
  3. 3 to fade from (memory)
淡化
dàn huà
  1. 1 to water down
  2. 2 to play down
  3. 3 to trivialize
  4. 4 to weaken
  5. 5 to become dull with time
  6. 6 to desalinate
  7. 7 desalination
淡忘
dàn wàng
  1. 1 to be forgotten
  2. 2 to fade from memory
淡泊
dàn bó
  1. 1 living a simple life
淡漠
dàn mò
  1. 1 apathetic
  2. 2 indifferent
  3. 3 unsympathetic
淡然
dàn rán
  1. 1 tranquil and calm
  2. 2 indifferent
淡雅
dàn yǎ
  1. 1 simple and elegant

Idioms (8)

君子之交淡如水
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ
  1. 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
平淡无奇
píng dàn wú qí
  1. 1 ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
惨淡经营
cǎn dàn jīng yíng
  1. 1 to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
淡妆浓抹
dàn zhuāng nóng mǒ
  1. 1 in light or heavy makeup (idiom)
淡泊名利
dàn bó míng lì
  1. 1 not caring about fame and fortune (idiom)
  2. 2 indifferent to worldly rewards
淡泊寡味
dàn bó guǎ wèi
  1. 1 insipid and tasteless (idiom)
淡泊明志
dàn bó míng zhì
  1. 1 living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom)
轻描淡写
qīng miáo dàn xiě
  1. 1 to sketch in light shades
  2. 2 to play down
  3. 3 to deemphasize (idiom)

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