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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 一以贯之

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī - (idiom) (of a principle, purpose etc) consistently upheld; adhered to from beginning to end

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
- - - 53,962 68,284

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- 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
- abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- to use
- by means of
- according to
- in order to
- because of
- at (a certain date or place)
- old variant of 以[yi3]
- old variant of 以[yi3]
guàn- to pierce through
- to pass through
- to be stringed together
- string of 1000 cash
zhī- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
- him
- her
- it

Other Words Containing 一以贯之

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo