轻描淡写 qīng miáo dàn xiě

DEFINITIONS

  1. to sketch in light shades
  2. to play down
  3. to deemphasize (idiom)

CHARACTERS

轻 qīng
HSK 3
light; easy, simple; gentle
描 miáo
HSK 5
copy, trace, sketch; depict
淡 dàn
HSK 5
weak, watery; insipid, tasteless
写 xiě
HSK 1
write; draw, sketch; compose