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Definition(s) for: 下里巴人

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
下里巴人 xià lǐ bā rén - folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]
- popular art forms (contrasted with 陽春白雪|阳春白雪[yang2 chun1 bai2 xue3], highbrow art forms)

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
- - 55,725 83,429 62,816

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
下 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
里 lǐ- Li (surname)
里 lǐ- li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
- neighborhood
- ancient administrative unit of 25 families
- (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
里 lǐ- variant of 裡|里[li3]
里 lǐ- lining
- interior
- inside
- internal
- also written 裏|里[li3]
巴 bā- Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan)
- the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality
- surname Ba
- abbr. for 巴勒斯坦[Ba1le4si1tan3] (Palestine), 巴基斯坦[Ba1ji1si1tan3] (Pakistan) or 巴西[Ba1xi] (Brazil)
巴 bā- to long for
- to wish
- to cling to
- to stick to
- sth that sticks
- close to
- next to
- spread open
- informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]
- bar (unit of pressure)
- nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail
人 rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

Other Words Containing 下里巴人

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
下里巴人 - - 55,725 83,429 62,816