Chinese dictionary
- 1
adj.weighty; (as opposed to ‘light’)heavy; hefty
我的工作负担太重。
My workload is too heavy.
话说得太重了。
That's putting it too strongly.
这箱子太重,我搬不动。
This box is too heavy for me to move.
繁重的家务
weighty housework
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- 2
adj.important; momentous
重大
momentous
我们要以国事为重。
We must put state affairs first.
重在参与。
It's the taking-part that counts.
身负重任
be on an important commission
- 3
adj.deep; serious; heavy; thick
他伤势很重。
He was seriously injured.
颜色太重。
The colour is too deep.
他山东口音很重。
He has a heavy Shandong accent
情意重
deep affection
- 4
n.weight; heft
这个鸡蛋有二两重。
This egg weighs two liang.
这块石头有多重?
How much does this stone weigh?
这块肉有几斤重?
How many catties does this piece of meat weigh?
加重
increase weight
- 5
adj.discreet; prudent; composed; serious
自重
self-respect
庄重
solemn
- 6
adj.considerable in amount or value
重金聘用
pay a high price for engaging somebody
- 7
v.attach importance to; consider somebody/something important
重友情
highly value the friendship
器重
regard highly
重男轻女是错误的。
It's wrong to regard men as superior to women.
Words and phrases with 重
- 重量[word]weight; weight of goods
- 重赏[word]give bounteous awards/rewards; bounteous award
- 重臣[word]minister holding an important post or shouldering heavy responsibilities
- 重用[word]put somebody in an important position
- 重罚[word]severe penalty/punishment
- 重击[word]thump
- 重量级[word]heavyweight
- 重压[word]stress
- 重要[word]significant
- 重男轻女[idiom]regard men as superior to women
- 重于泰山[idiom]be of great importance
- 重色轻友[idiom]dates before mates