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wēihū-qíwēi
idiom #20,403

Meanings

  1. 1 extremely small
  2. 2 negligible
  3. 3 next to nothing
  4. 4 a tiny fraction

Examples

HSK 4
Tā chénggōng de jīhuì wēihū-qíwēi.
His chances of success are negligible.
HSK 6
Zhèzhǒng bìng de fāshēng gàilǜ wēihū-qíwēi, búbì dānxīn.
The probability of contracting this disease is extremely small - no need to worry.

Tips

memory
means 'tiny' and appears at both the start and end of the idiom - the word is itself 'wrapping around' its smallness. Think: 'so small it folds back on itself'.

Stroke Order

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