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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 了如指掌
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 了如指掌 | liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng | - to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom) - to know (a person, a place etc) inside out |
| 了如指掌 | liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng | - variant of 了如指掌[liao3 ru2 zhi3 zhang3] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 9,047 | 28,058 | 44,963 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 了 | le | - (completed action marker) - (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) - (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
| 了 | liǎo | - to finish - (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4bu5liao3] "cannot forget") - (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least - to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了[liao3]) |
| 了 | liǎo | - (of eyes) bright - clear-sighted - to understand clearly |
| 了 | liào | - unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4] |
| 如 | rú | - as - as if - such as |
| 指 | zhǐ | - finger - to point at or to - to indicate or refer to - to depend on - to count on - (of hair) to stand on end |
| 掌 | zhǎng | - palm of the hand - sole of the foot - paw - horseshoe - to slap - to hold in one's hand - to wield |
Other Words Containing 了如指掌
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 了如指掌 | - | - | 9,047 | 28,058 | 44,963 |