WordTaiwan frequency #16,764
掉以輕心
ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ
“to treat something lightly; to handle matters carelessly or without due caution”
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掉
ㄉㄧㄠˋ
To fall or drop; to lose or go missing; to shed or peel off; to swing or wag; to turn or rotate; to exchange or swap; used after verbs to indicate completion or removal.
以
ㄧˇ
to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; to consider as; to lead; to be able to; to make
輕
ㄑㄧㄥ
Not heavy; easy; gentle; soft; to make light of; to disparage; unimportant; small in number; unstressed.
心
ㄒㄧㄣ
The physical heart; the mind or intellect; feelings or emotions; the center or core of something; intention or will.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 可以ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇcan; may; to be able to; to be possible; not bad; pretty good
- 所以ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇtherefore; so; as a result; the reason why; used for; why
- 以及ㄧˇ ㄐㄧˊand; as well as; used to connect parallel words or phrases.
- 中心ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣcenter; heart; core; the middle point or most important part of something; a central location or hub
- 以上ㄧˇ ㄕㄤˋmore than a stated amount or level; above a certain point; the foregoing; used to conclude remarks
- 以後ㄧˇ ㄏㄡˋafter; later; afterwards; from now on; in the future.
- 以前ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊbefore; previously; in the past; ago; formerly
- 擔心ㄉㄢ ㄒㄧㄣto worry; to be anxious; to feel uneasy about someone or something
- 年輕ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄥyoung; youthful; not old; in the early stage of life or development.
- 以為ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˋto think; to believe (often mistakenly); to take for; to consider as.
- 心理ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧˇpsychology; mental processes; the mind; thoughts and emotions; in Neo-Confucianism, the heart-mind and principle
- 以來ㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊsince (a specified time or event); from then until now; afterwards; more than; over