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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

容易 [róngyì]
  1. 1. adjective [简便] easy
    学好一门外语不容易
    Learning a foreign language isn't easy.
    英文录入比中文录入容易
    It's easier to type in English than it is to type in Chinese.
  2. 2. adjective [较可能] likely
    天冷容易感冒。
    When the weather's cold it's easy to catch a cold.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

容易 [róngyì]
  1. 1. easy
    先做容易的题。
    Do the easy problems first.
    说起来容易做起来难。
    It's easier said than done.
    今天的幸福来得不容易
    The present happy life didn't come about easily.
  2. 2. likely; liable; apt
    容易生病。
    He often gets ill.
    容易引起误会。
    This is liable to cause misunderstanding.
    人们容易把这两个问题混淆起来。
    People are apt to confuse the two issues.
  3. 3. noun ease; easiness
  4. 4. adverb readily; easily

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

容易 [róngyì]
  1. 1. 简便;不费事
    这件事容易
    学手艺不容易
  2. 2. 表示发生某种变化的可能性大
    居室通风差,病毒容易传播。

Examples

你说得倒容易,做起来可不容易
It's easy for you to say that, but it's not so easy to do it. or That's easier said than done.
思谋过分就容易犹豫,思谋不足就容易鲁莽。
Too much consideration leads to hesitation; while too little consideration leads to rashness.
堡垒是最容易从内部攻破的。
The easiest way to capture a fortress is from within.
他的笔迹容易辨认。
His handwriting is easy to identify.
仓库里潮气太大,粮食就容易发霉。
The grain is liable to mildew when the humidity in the barn is too high.
他很容易冲动。
He easily gets excited.
容易相处
easy to get along with
感冒很容易传染。
Colds are highly infectious.
这些大道理人人都懂,真正做到可不容易啊!
These general principles are widely known, but it isn't easy to live up to them.
这东西吃多了容易倒胃口。
Too much of this food will spoil your appetite.

Collocations

容易理解
easily understandable
容易消化
to easily digest something
说起来容易
it's easy to say…
非常容易
very easy
容易变质
to go bad quickly
容易褪色
to fade quickly
容易混淆
to easily confuse

Word Decomposition


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