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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 不胫而走

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
不胫而走 bù jìng ér zǒu - to get round fast
- to spread like wildfire

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
- - 45,244 44,137 74,739

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
jìng- lower part of leg
jìng- variant of 脛|胫[jing4]
ér- and
- as well as
- and so
- but (not)
- yet (not)
- (indicates causal relation)
- (indicates change of state)
- (indicates contrast)
zǒu- to walk
- to go
- to run
- to move (of vehicle)
- to visit
- to leave
- to go away
- to die (euph.)
- from
- through
- away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3])
- to change (shape, form, meaning)

Other Words Containing 不胫而走

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
不胫而走 - - 45,244 44,137 74,739