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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 举手之劳
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 举手之劳 | jǔ shǒu zhī láo | - lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom) - fig. a very slight effort |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 36,167 | 18,141 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 举 | jǔ | - variant of 舉|举[ju3] |
| 举 | jǔ | - to lift - to hold up - to cite - to enumerate - to act - to raise - to choose - to elect - act - move - deed |
| 手 | shǒu | - hand - (formal) to hold - person engaged in certain types of work - person skilled in certain types of work - personal(ly) - convenient - classifier for skill - CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 之 | zhī | - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) - him - her - it |
| 劳 | láo | - (bound form) to toil; labor - (bound form) laborer - (bound form) meritorious deed - (bound form) fatigue - to put sb to the trouble (of doing sth) - to express one's appreciation (Taiwan pr. [lao4]) |
Other Words Containing 举手之劳
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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