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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 三下五除二

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
三下五除二 sān xià wǔ chú èr - three, set five remove two (abacus rule)
- efficiently
- quickly and easily

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
- - - 65,732 61,182

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
sān- surname San
sān- three
- 3
xià- down
- downwards
- below
- lower
- later
- next (week etc)
- second (of two parts)
- to decline
- to go down
- to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
- measure word to show the frequency of an action
- five
- 5
chú- to get rid of
- to remove
- to exclude
- to eliminate
- to wipe out
- to divide
- except
- not including
èr- two
- 2
- (Beijing dialect) stupid

Other Words Containing 三下五除二

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