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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 for: 万无一失
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 7 | 12,479 | 26,640 | 40,489 |
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 |
| 无 | mó | - used in 南無|南无[na1mo2] |
| 无 | wú | - not to have - no - none - not - to lack - un- - -less |
| 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 |
| 失 | 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 (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 万无一失 | - | 7 | 12,479 | 26,640 | 40,489 |