避重就輕

Chinese

		avoid; shun; flee avoid; shun; flee; escape; leave; to keep away; to leave; to hide	heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer	at once; then; right away at once; then; right away; only; (emphasis); to approach; to move towards; to undertake	light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral
trad. (避重就輕)		避	重	就	輕
simp. (避重就轻)		避	重	就	轻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìzhòngjiùqīng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ cung⁵ zau⁶ heng¹
Min Nan (POJ): pī-tāng-chiū-khin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bìzhòngjiùqīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihjonqjiowching
  - IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei⁶ cung⁵ zau⁶ heng¹
  - Yale: beih chúhng jauh hēng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ tsung⁵ dzau⁶ heng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ cung⁵ zeo⁶ héng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² t͡sʰʊŋ¹³ t͡sɐu̯²² hɛːŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī-tāng-chiū-khin
  - Tâi-lô: pī-tāng-tsiū-khin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pixdaxngciuxqyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi²²⁻²¹ taŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiu²²⁻²¹ kʰin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹⁻²² taŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴¹⁻²² kʰin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²²⁻²¹ taŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiu²²⁻²¹ kʰin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi³³⁻¹¹ taŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiu³³⁻¹¹ kʰin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi³³⁻²¹ taŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕiu³³⁻²¹ kʰin⁴⁴/

Idiom

避重就輕

to pick only the easy tasks to do; to take the easy way out
to avoid the major issues and only engage in the trivial ones

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