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Definition(s) for: 不管三七二十一

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
不管三七二十一 bù guǎn sān qī èr shí yī - regardless of the consequences
- recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast

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
- - 72,380 60,678 47,584

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
guǎn- surname Guan
guǎn- to take care (of)
- to control
- to manage
- to be in charge of
- to look after
- to run
- to care about
- tube
- pipe
- woodwind
- classifier for tube-shaped objects
- particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions
- writing brush
- (coll.) to
- towards
guǎn- variant of 管[guan3]
sān- surname San
sān- three
- 3
- seven
- 7
èr- two
- 2
- (Beijing dialect) stupid
shí- ten
- 10
- 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

Other Words Containing 不管三七二十一

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
不管三七二十一 - - 72,380 60,678 47,584