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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 一波三折
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 一波三折 | yī bō sān zhé | - calligraphic flourish with many twists - fig. many twists and turns |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 49,423 | 30,795 | 32,823 |
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 |
| 波 | bō | - (bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1lan2]) - surname Bo |
| 波 | bō | - wave - ripple - storm - surge |
| 三 | sān | - surname San |
| 三 | sān | - three - 3 |
| 折 | shé | - to snap - to break (a stick, a bone etc) - (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) |
| 折 | zhē | - to turn sth over - to turn upside down - to tip sth out (of a container) |
| 折 | zhé | - to break - to fracture - to snap - to suffer loss - to bend - to twist - to turn - to change direction - convinced - to convert into (currency) - discount - rebate - tenth (in price) - classifier for theatrical scenes - to fold - accounts book |
| 折 | zhé | - variant of 折[zhe2] - to fold |
Other Words Containing 一波三折
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 一波三折 | - | - | 49,423 | 30,795 | 32,823 |