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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

略 [lüè]
  1. 1. noun [简述] summary
    要略
    summary
    节略
    outline
  2. 2. noun [计谋] plan
    策略
    tactic
    方略
    general plan
  3. 3. verb [夺取] capture
    侵略
    invade
  4. 4. verb [简化] simplify
    省略
    omit
  5. 5. adjective [简化] simple
  6. 6. adverb [简化] slightly

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

略 [lüè]
  1. 1. adjective brief; sketchy
    略述大意
    give a brief account
    这个提纲写得太略了。
    This outline is rather too rough.
    略读
    a cursory reading
    他只是略说了一下事情的原委。
    对于这件事，你不能叙述过略。
    你需要看一下略图吗？
    我们可以粗略地计算一下全年的产量。
  2. 2. adverb slightly; a little; somewhat
    略加修改
    make some slight changes; edit slightly
    略有所闻
    have heard a little about the matter
    略有出入
    vary slightly; there's a slight discrepancy
    我对这个问题略知一二。
    前面的比赛他略胜一筹。
  3. 3. noun summary; brief account; outline
    史略
    outline history; a brief history
  4. 4. noun strategy; plan; scheme
    策略
    tactics
  5. 5. verb omit; delete; leave out
    略去不提
    make no mention of; leave out altogether
    略去细节
    leave out the details
    不能把这点略去。
    要想做大事,就必须略去这些繁文缛节。
  6. 6. verb capture; seize
    侵略
    aggression; invasion

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

略 [lüè]
  1. 1. 动 夺取;掠夺
    攻城略地
    侵略。
  2. 2. 名 计谋;规划
    雄才大略
    胆略
    策略
    战略。
  3. 3. 名 梗概;概要
    要略
    概略
    事略
    传略。
  4. 4. 形 简单;不详细
    该详就详,该略就略
    略写
    简略
    粗略。
  5. 5. 动 省去
    把这一段话略去
    省略
    删略。
  6. 6. 副 表示程度轻微,相当于"稍微"
    略加分析
    略有改进。
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Examples

本店售价略低于时价。
Our listed prices are slightly lower than the current prices. → 时价
保持实力作战略上的撤退
maintain military strength through strategic retreats → 战略
他独在异乡, 心中略有些凄惘。
Living alone in a strange land, he feels anxious and lost sometimes. → 凄惘
该详就详,该略就略 → 略
不能只注重枝节考据而疏略了宏观研究。 → 疏略
上半场我队略占上风。 → 上风

Character Decomposition

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nciku Note

The adverb indicate degree

An adverb is used to modify the adjective or verb as an adverbial adjunct, it should be put before them. Verbs or even nouns ending with character "地" and functioning as adverbs remain to be regarded as adjectives. Some adverbs can indicate degree as well, such as "很", "极", "挺", "怪", "太","非常"，"极其", "最", "更", "相当", "稍微", "略"， "比较", "有点", "多么"，”几乎”, and so on.

e.g. （1）他的想法很独特。 （2）当时我觉得怪不好意思的。 （3）这件衣服有点贵。 （4）你是最棒的。 （5）这道菜稍微咸了一点。

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