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Definition(s) for: 不食人间烟火

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
不食人间烟火 bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ - otherworldly; detached from the mundane concerns of ordinary life

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
- - - 51,860 33,640

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
shí- to eat
- food
- animal feed
- eclipse
- to feed (a person or animal)
rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
jiān- between
- among
- within a definite time or space
- room
- section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
- classifier for rooms
jiàn- gap
- to separate
- to thin out (seedlings)
- to sow discontent
yān- cigarette or pipe tobacco
- CL:根[gen1]
- smoke
- mist
- vapour
- CL:縷|缕[lu:3]
- tobacco plant
- (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
yān- tobacco (variant of 煙|烟[yan1])
huǒ- surname Huo
huǒ- fire
- urgent
- ammunition
- fiery or flaming
- internal heat (Chinese medicine)
- hot (popular)
- classifier for military units (old)
- Kangxi radical 86

Other Words Containing 不食人间烟火

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo