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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 一言难尽
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 一言难尽 | yī yán nán jìn | - hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 20,233 | 53,746 | 28,647 |
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 |
| 言 | yán | - words - speech - to say - to talk |
| 难 | nán | - difficult (to...) - problem - difficulty - difficult - not good |
| 难 | nàn | - disaster - distress - to scold |
| 尽 | jǐn | - to the greatest extent - (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme - to be within the limits of - to give priority to |
| 尽 | jìn | - to use up - to exhaust - to end - to finish - to the utmost - exhausted - finished - to the limit (of sth) - all - entirely |
Other Words Containing 一言难尽
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 一言难尽 | - | - | 20,233 | 53,746 | 28,647 |