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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 万无一失

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
万无一失 wàn wú yī shī - surefire; absolutely safe (idiom)

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
- 8 12,479 26,640 40,489

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]
wàn- surname Wan
wàn- ten thousand
- a great number
- used in 南無|南无[na1mo2]
- not to have
- no
- none
- not
- to lack
- un-
- -less
- 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
shī- to lose
- to miss
- to fail

Other Words Containing 万无一失

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
万无一失 - 8 12,479 26,640 40,489