松懈
sōngxiè
to slacken; lax; slack
Characters in this word
懈 xiè
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 解 to explain
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 学习刚有点进步就松懈，是很难取得好成绩的。 Xuéxí gāng yǒudiǎn jìnbù jiù sōngxiè, shì hěn nán qǔdé hǎo chéngjì de. If you slack off as soon as you make a little progress in your studies, it is hard to get good results.
- 临近比赛，队员们丝毫不敢松懈。 Línjìn bǐsài, duìyuánmen sīháo bù gǎn sōngxiè. With the competition approaching, the team members dared not slacken in the slightest.
- 他工作一向认真，从不松懈，所以老板很信任他。 Tā gōngzuò yīxiàng rènzhēn, cóngbù sōngxiè, suǒyǐ lǎobǎn hěn xìnrèn tā. He has always been serious about his work and never slacks off, so his boss trusts him a lot.
Related words
- 放松 fàngsōng to relax
- 轻松 qīngsōng relaxed; easy
- 松 sōng loose
- 松树 sōngshù pine tree
- 宽松 kuānsōng loose; relaxed; lenient
- 松弛 sōngchí slack; relaxed; loose
- 不懈 búxiè unremitting; persistent; tireless
- 特例 tèlì special case; exception
- 束缚 shùfù to bind; to constrain
- 专项 zhuānxiàng special item; special project; dedicated
- 体制 tǐzhì system; institutional structure
- 一揽子 yìlǎnzi package; comprehensive; all-in-one