等闲视之 děngxiánshìzhī to treat lightly Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 等闲 等閒 děngxián ordinary ordinary; common; unimportant; not worth much attention视 視 shì verb to regard (bound form) to regard or treat in a certain way; to consider as之 zhī pronoun it Used only in the object position to refer to a person or thing already mentioned, meaning "him", "her", "it", or "them".