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輕描淡寫

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tän⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
to touch on lightly; to mention casually; to play down
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Origin

這個詞由四個漢字組成。其中「輕」字表示重量輕;「描」字表示摹寫、描繪或素描;「淡」字表示平淡或無味;「寫」字則表示放置、移位或遷移。

在字形構成上,「輕」字由語義部分「車」與音符「巠」組成。「描」字由語義部分「手」與音符「苗」組成,而「苗」字包含「艸」與「田」兩個部分。「淡」字由語義部分「水」與音符「炎」組成,其中「炎」字包含「火」的部分。「寫」字則由語義部分「宀」與音符「舄」組成。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

Lineage

  • characterChinese輕 “light (of low weight)”
    • meaningChinese車 “land vehicle; (specifically) car (Classifier: 輛/辆 m; 部 m c; 臺/台 m mn; 架 c; 頂/顶 mn; 張/张 mn-t; 乘 m)”
    • soundChinese巠 “streams running underground”
  • characterChinese描 “to copy; to trace; to sketch”
    • meaningChinese手 “hand (Classifier: 隻/只 m c mn; 雙/双 m mn; 對/对 c)”
    • soundChinese苗 “young plant (e.g. seedling, sapling); shoot arising from the ground (Classifier: 株; 根)”
      • ideaChinese艸 “grass”
      • ideaChinese田 “farmland (Classifier: 塊/块 m c)”
  • characterChinese淡 “bland; tasteless”
    • meaningChinese水 “water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)”
    • soundChinese炎 “flame; blaze; rising flame”
      • ideaChinese火 “fire; flame (Classifier: 把 m; 團/团 m)”
  • characterChinese寫 “to place; to displace; to relocate”
    • meaningChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
    • soundChinese舄 “shoe with an additional wooden sole”
Wiktionary etymology text

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Meanings

phrase
  1. to touch on lightly; to mention casually; to play down

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 本指繪畫時用淺淡的顏色輕輕描繪。後形容簡單的描寫或敘述。 例:他輕描淡寫的把事情經過說了一遍。

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Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0