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Definition(s) for: 一个萝卜一个坑

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
一个萝卜一个坑 yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng - lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
- fig. each person has his own position
- each to his own
- horses for courses
- every kettle has its lid

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - - 64,202

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
一 yī- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
个 gě- used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
个 gè- (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
- (bound form) individual
个 gè- variant of 個|个[ge4]
萝 luó- radish
卜 bǔ- surname Bu
卜 bǔ- (bound form) to divine
卜 bó- used in 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]
一 yī- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
个 gě- used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
个 gè- (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
- (bound form) individual
个 gè- variant of 個|个[ge4]
坑 kēng- pit; depression; hollow
- tunnel; hole in the ground
- (archaic) to bury alive
- to hoodwink; to cheat (sb)
坑 kēng- variant of 坑[keng1]

Other Words Containing 一个萝卜一个坑

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