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示弱

shì ruò

C1–C2 Level 7

示弱 (shì ruò) is a Chinese word meaning “not to fight back”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. not to fight back
  2. to take it lying down
  3. to show weakness
  4. to show one's softer side

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).