重文輕武

to value letters and belittle arms (idiom); to stress civil matters and neglect the military / to prefer the pen to the sword

Characters and words in 重文輕武

to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer

= + : Mnemonic symbol (from the shape of the character): this one looks like a space elevator. The two top strokes are the heavens, the two bottom strokes are the earth, and the part in between is the cabin (or climber) of the space elevator.

Chantal Chicken (chu) is working in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). Her job is to crush sunflower (里) seeds with a 1 kg weight (千) to get the kernels. Then she has to put the kernels into the cabin of a space elevator (重) to send them to outer space. This repeats (重) again and again day in, day out.
heavy / serious / to attach importance to

= + : Mnemonic symbol (from the shape of the character): this one looks like a space elevator. The two top strokes are the heavens, the two bottom strokes are the earth, and the part in between is the cabin (or climber) of the space elevator.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) installed a space elevator (重) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). For the maiden trip, and as a stress test, he loads one thousand (千) one kilogram weights (千) and decorates them with sun flowers (里) to celebrate the occasion.
repetitious passage / multiple variants of Chinese characters
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a thick book.

Willy Walrus (w) wants to cook in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). The recipe book (文) is extremely greasy and Willy doesn't want it to touch anything, nor touch it. That's why he puts it into a beret (亠) so that it doesn't touch the floor, and uses pliers (乂) to turn the pages.
light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage

= + + : The Queen of Hearts has been training a lot recently and poses before her next boxing battle. She's driving around in her cabriolet bending steel beams wearing her boxing gloves easily, swinging the beams as if they were as light as feathers.
surname Wu

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a tank.

= + + : Inside of the space station Willy Walrus sits in a tank and guards the space station. The tank is parked behind a barrier, and Willy has a bow at his side. There's nothing to do though, so he just plays his flute.
martial / military

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a tank.

= + + : Inside of the space station Willy Walrus sits in a tank and guards the space station. The tank is parked behind a barrier, and Willy has a bow at his side. There's nothing to do though, so he just plays his flute.

Words with 重文輕武

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Sentences with 重文輕武

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