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Definition(s) for: 井水不犯河水

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
井水不犯河水 jǐng shuǐ bù fàn hé shuǐ - (saying) everyone minds their own business

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 71,542 59,827

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jǐng- Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
- surname Jing
jǐng- a well
- CL:口[kou3]
- neat
- orderly
shuǐ- surname Shui
shuǐ- water
- (after a name) ... River
- to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4])
- (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
- (bound form) additional cost; extra income
- classifier for washings of a garment
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
fàn- to violate
- to offend
- to assault
- criminal
- crime
- to make a mistake
- recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
- river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4])
- (bound form) the Yellow River
- (bound form) the Milky Way
- (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2fen3]
shuǐ- surname Shui
shuǐ- water
- (after a name) ... River
- to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4])
- (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
- (bound form) additional cost; extra income
- classifier for washings of a garment

Other Words Containing 井水不犯河水

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