拈輕怕重
niān​qīng​pà​zhòng

to pick easy jobs and shirk hard ones

  • created sense approved 拈轻怕重/拈輕怕重 · niān​qīng​pà​zhòng · to pick easy jobs and shirk hard ones — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拈轻怕重 / 拈輕怕重

    niān​qīng​pà​zhòng

    to pick easy jobs and shirk hard ones

    To choose only the easy tasks and avoid those that are difficult or demanding; to be work-shy

    nián​qīng​pà​zhòng

    拈 (literal) → 拈 · niān · to pick up 轻 (literal) → 轻/輕 · qīng · unimportant 怕 (literal) → 怕 · pà · to fear 重 (literal) → 重 · zhòng · heavy

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense