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举足轻重

jǔ zú qīng zhòng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 舉足輕重

举足轻重 (jǔ zú qīng zhòng) means "to play a critical role (idiom); influential". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 举足轻重 means

1. to play a critical role (idiom)
2. influential

The characters in 举足轻重

• 举jǔto lift; to hold up; to cite
• 足zú(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully
• 轻qīnglight; easy; gentle
• 重zhòngheavy; serious; to attach importance to

Where 举足轻重 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jù–jǔ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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