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拈轻怕重
niān​qīng​pà​zhòng

to pick easy jobs and shirk hard ones

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 拈 niān
    to pick up
    to pick up with the fingers; to nip or grasp using the thumb and one or two fingers
  2. 轻 輕 qīng adjectiveadverb
    unimportant
    of little importance or consequence; (of work) easy or not demanding
  3. 怕 pà verb
    to fear
    to be afraid; to dread; to be scared of something
  4. 重 zhòng adjective
    heavy
    having great weight; weighing a lot