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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 一发不可收拾
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 一发不可收拾 | yī fā bù kě shōu shi | - once it gets started there's no stopping it |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 32,563 | 21,125 |
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 |
| 发 | fā | - to send out - to show (one's feeling) - to issue - to develop - to make a bundle of money - classifier for gunshots (rounds) |
| 发 | fà | - hair - Taiwan pr. [fa3] |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 可 | kě | - (prefix) can; may; able to; -able - to approve; to permit - to suit - (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very - but; however |
| 可 | kè | - used in 可汗[ke4 han2] |
| 收 | shōu | - to receive - to accept - to collect - to put away - to restrain - to stop - in care of (used on address line after name) |
| 拾 | shè | - to ascend in light steps |
| 拾 | shí | - to pick up - to collate or arrange - ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral) |
Other Words Containing 一发不可收拾
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 |
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