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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 事在人为
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 事在人为 | shì zài rén wéi | - the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort - With effort, one can achieve anything. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 52,197 | 56,815 | 34,393 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 事 | shì | - matter - thing - item - work - affair - CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] |
| 在 | zài | - to exist; to be alive - (of sb or sth) to be (located) at - (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 人 | rén | - person; people - CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 为 | wéi | - as (in the capacity of) - to take sth as - to act as - to serve as - to behave as - to become - to be - to do - by (in the passive voice) |
| 为 | wèi | - because of - for - to |
| 为 | wéi | - variant of 為|为[wei2] |
| 为 | wèi | - variant of 為|为[wei4] |
Other Words Containing 事在人为
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 事在人为 | - | - | 52,197 | 56,815 | 34,393 |