- 1. thin; light
- ♦ ~酒 light wine
- ♦ 云~风轻。 The clouds are pale and a light breeze is blowing.
- 2. bland; tasteless; weak; without enough salt
- ♦ ~茶 weak tea
- ♦ ~酒 weak wine
- ♦ 这个汤太~。 There's not enough salt in this soup. or This soup is too bland for me.
- 3. (of colour) light; pale
- ♦ ~黄 light yellow
- ♦ ~紫 pale purple; lilac
- 4. indifferent; cool
- ♦ 淡然
- 5. slack; dull
- ♦ 淡季
- 6.
方 meaningless; trivial - ♦ 扯淡