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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 举步维艰
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 举步维艰 | jǔ bù wéi jiān | - to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 37,162 | 31,777 | 36,785 |
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 |
| 步 | bù | - surname Bu |
| 步 | bù | - a step - a pace - walk - march - stages in a process - situation |
| 维 | wéi | - abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2wu2er3] - surname Wei |
| 维 | wéi | - to preserve - to maintain - to hold together - dimension - vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4]) |
| 艰 | jiān | - difficult - hard - hardship |
Other Words Containing 举步维艰
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 举步维艰 | - | - | 37,162 | 31,777 | 36,785 |