略
lüè HSK6

outline, approximately

略 lüè
slightly adverb
a bit, somewhat, or slightly

今天的气温比昨天略高。

jīn​tiān de qì​wēn bǐ zuó​tiān lüè gāo.

Today's temperature is slightly higher than yesterday's.

brief noun
brief, sketchy, or a summary outline

他对此事仅知其略，并不清楚具体的执行细节。

tā duì cǐ shì jǐn zhī qí lüè, bìng bù qīng​chu jù​tǐ de zhí​xíng xì​jié.

He only knows the outline of this matter and is not clear about the specific implementation details.

capture adverb
to capture or seize territory

敌军趁虚而入，很快就略取了边境的三座城镇。

dí​jūn chèn​xū'ér​rù, hěn kuài jiù lüè qǔ le biān​jìng de sān zuò chéng​zhèn.

The enemy took advantage of the weakness and quickly seized three border towns.

omit verb
to omit or leave out

文中不重要的部分已经略去，只保留了核心内容。

wén zhōng bù zhòng​yào de bù​fen yǐ​jīng lüè qù, zhǐ bǎo​liú le hé​xīn nèi​róng.

The unimportant parts of the text have been omitted, leaving only the core content.

strategy adjective
a plan or strategy

此人胸怀大略，眼光长远，是个不可多得的人才。

cǐ rén xiōng​huái dà​lüè, yǎn​guāng cháng​yuǎn, shì gè bù​kě​duō​dé de rén​cái.

This man has great strategic vision and a long-term perspective; he is a rare talent.

Frequency
Character
Written text
704th most common 274.2 per million
Movie subtitles
1,454th most common 47.2 per million appears in 22% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
5.78 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
45.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+7565

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)