避重就轻
避重就轻
bì zhòng jiù qīng
to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial; to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones
verb
Traditional: 避重就輕
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- (verb) to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial
- to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones
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Related Words
孔融让梨(Kǒng Róng ràng lí)— Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty
→以小挤大(yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà)— minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
→大节(dà jié)— major festival
→大题小作(dà tí xiǎo zuò)— to cut a long story short
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