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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 万变不离其宗
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 万变不离其宗 | wàn biàn bù lí qí zōng | - many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose |
List Ranking for: 万变不离其宗
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 90,356 | 69,901 | 50,239 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 万 | mò | - used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2] |
| 万 | wàn | - surname Wan |
| 万 | wàn | - ten thousand - a great number |
| 变 | biàn | - to change - to become different - to transform - to vary - rebellion |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 离 | chī | - mythical beast (archaic) |
| 离 | lí | - surname Li |
| 离 | lí | - to leave - to part from - to be away from - (in giving distances) from - without (sth) - independent of - one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire - ☲ |
| 其 | qí | - his - her - its - their - that - such - it (refers to sth preceding it) |
| 宗 | zōng | - surname Zong |
| 宗 | zōng | - school - sect - purpose - model - ancestor - clan - to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) - classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs |
Other Words Containing 万变不离其宗
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 (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 万变不离其宗 | - | - | 90,356 | 69,901 | 50,239 |