HSK 6 vocabulary › 举足轻重
举足轻重
举足轻重 in English: to play a critical role (idiom); influential
jǔ zú qīng zhòng
to play a critical role (idiom); influential
How to pronounce 举足轻重
jǔ zú qīng zhòng (without tone marks: ju zu qing zhong). jǔ is a third (low, dipping) tone; zú is a second (rising) tone; qīng is a first (high, level) tone; zhòng is a fourth (sharply falling) tone.
Characters in 举足轻重
举 jǔ
to lift; to hold up; to cite
to lift; to hold up; to cite
足 zú
excessive
excessive
轻 qīng
light; easy; gentle
light; easy; gentle
重 zhòng
to repeat; repetition; again
to repeat; repetition; again
Related words
| 踢足球 | tī zú qiú | HSK vocabulary word | HSK 2 |
| 年轻 | nián qīng | young | HSK 3 |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant | HSK 3 |
| 举 | jǔ | to lift; to hold up | HSK 4 |
| 举办 | jǔ bàn | to conduct; to hold | HSK 4 |
| 举行 | jǔ xíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) | HSK 4 |
| 轻 | qīng | light; easy | HSK 4 |
| 轻松 | qīng sōng | light; gentle | HSK 4 |
| 重新 | chóng xīn | again; once more | HSK 4 |
| 严重 | yán zhòng | grave; serious | HSK 4 |