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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 三寸不烂之舌
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 三寸不烂之舌 | sān cùn bù làn zhī shé | - to have a silver tongue - to have the gift of the gab |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 79,604 | 64,874 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 三 | sān | - surname San |
| 三 | sān | - three - 3 |
| 寸 | cùn | - a unit of length - inch - thumb |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 烂 | làn | - soft; mushy - well-cooked and soft - to rot; to decompose - rotten - worn out - chaotic; messy - utterly; thoroughly - crappy; bad |
| 之 | zhī | - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) - him - her - it |
| 舌 | jī | - used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue" |
| 舌 | shé | - tongue |
Other Words Containing 三寸不烂之舌
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 |
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