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Character Decomposition
重=千+里
Etymology
A burden carried for a thousand 千 miles 里
Meanings
to repeat
repetition
again
re-
classifier: layer
heavy
serious
to attach importance to
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Words with 重 1129 total
(usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load · load-bearing (wall, pillar etc)承重chéng zhòngto weigh称重chēng zhòngproportion · (physics) specific gravity比重bǐ zhòngto make heavier · to emphasize · (of an illness etc) to become more serious · to aggravate (a bad situation) · to increase (a burden, punishment etc)加重jiā zhòngheavy; cumbersome; unwieldy · laborious; arduous笨重bèn zhòng(of a role) arduous · important · (a vehicle's) loading capacity吃重chī zhòng
Idioms with 重 249 total
to hate to leave a place where one has lived long · to be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it安土重迁ān tǔ zhòng qiānto avoid the important and dwell on the trivial · to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones避重就轻bì zhòng jiù qīnglit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things · naive · doesn't know who's who · no sense of priorities不知轻重bù zhī qīng zhòng