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略

lüè

HSK 5 Character

What 略 means

1. brief; sketchy
2. outline; summary
3. to omit
4. (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly
5. plan; strategy
6. to capture (territory)

Other readings

略 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• lüèvariant of {略|lüè}

Example sentences

• 她换了策略。
  She changed her tactics.
• 我把她忽略了。
  Wǒ bǎ tā hūlüè le.
  I ignored her.
• 我忽略了事实。
  I overlooked the truth.
• 我省略了什么？
  What did I omit?
• 省略掉无用的词！
  Omit needless words!
• 希望不是一种策略。
  Xīwàng bù shì yīzhǒng cèlüè.
  Hope is not a strategy.

Words starting with 略

• 略微lüè wēia little bit; slightly
• 略带lüè dàito have (an attribute) to a small degree; to have a touch of
• 略略lüè lüèslightly; roughly; briefly; very generally
• 略为lüè wéislightly
• 略去lüè qùto omit; to delete; to leave out
• 略作lüè zuòto be abbreviated to; (followed by a verb) slightly
• 略图lüè túsketch; sketch map; thumbnail picture
• 略字lüè zìabbreviated character; simplified character
• 略举lüè jǔsome cases picked out as example; to highlight
• 略语lüè yǔabbreviation
• 略过lüè guòto pass over; to skip
• 略识之无lüè shí zhī wúsemiliterate; only knows words of one syllable; lit. to know only 之
• 略称lüè chēngabbreviation
• 略码lüè mǎcode
• 略释lüè shìa brief explanation; to summarize
• 略读lüè dúto read cursorily; to skim through
• 略知皮毛lüè zhī pí máoslight knowledge of sth; superficial acquaintance with a subject; a smattering
• 略迹原情lüè jì yuán qíngto overlook past faults (idiom); to forgive and forget
• 略阳县Lüè yáng XiànLueyang, a county in Hanzhong City 汉中市
• 略胜一筹lüè shèng yī chóuslightly better; a cut above
• 略知一二lüè zhī yī èr(idiom) to know just a little; to have a rough idea
• 略见一斑lüè jiàn yī bānlit. to glimpse just one spot (of the leopard) (idiom)…
• 略阳Lüè yángsee 略阳县
• 略夺lüè duóvariant of 掠夺

Words containing 略

• 侵略qīn lüèto invade; invasion
• 省略shěng lüèto leave out; an omission
• 战略zhàn lüèstrategy
• 策略cè lüèstrategy; tactics; crafty; adroit
• 忽略hū lüèto neglect; to overlook; to ignore
• 领略lǐng lüèto have a taste of; to realize; to appreciate
• 侵略者qīn lüè zhěaggressors; invaders
• 粗略cū lüèrough (not precise or accurate); cursory
• 简略jiǎn lüèsimple; brief
• 战略性zhàn lüè xìngstrategic
• 谋略móu lüèstratagem; strategy; resourcefulness
• 方略fāng lüèstrategy; overall plan (esp. high-level or policy)
• 大略dà lüèa broad outline; the general idea; roughly
• 伽利略Jiā lì lüèGalileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist
• 缩略suō lüèto contract; to abbreviate; abbreviation
• 艾略特Ài lüè tè(name) Elliott; Eliot
• 事略shì lüèbiographical sketch
• 传略zhuàn lüèbiographical sketch
• 从略cóng lüèto omit (less important details etc)
• 武略wǔ lüèmilitary strategy
• 约略yuē lüèapproximate; rough
• 经略jīng lüè(literary) to plan and administer; to govern and develop
• 要略yào lüèroughly; outline; summary
• 节略jié lüèabbreviation

Characters that look like 略

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…
• 唤huànto call
• 裕yùabundant
• 铬gèchromium (chemistry)
• 鸸érused in 鸸鹋
• 珞luòneck-ornament

Sounds the same

Read lüè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 掠to take over by force; to rob; to plunder
• 圙used in 圐圙
• 㧰(old) to beat; to pound
• 锊(ancient unit of weight)