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wēihūqíwēi
idiom #20,403

Meanings

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

Examples

Tā chénggōng de jīhuì wēihūqíwēi.
His chances of success are negligible.
Zhè zhǒng bìng de fāshēng gàilǜ wēihūqíwēi, bùbì 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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