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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 亡羊补牢
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 亡羊补牢 | wáng yáng bǔ láo | - lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) - fig. to act belatedly - better late than never - to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted |
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 | 23,418 | 42,655 | 35,026 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 亡 | wáng | - to die - to lose - to be gone - to flee - deceased |
| 亡 | wáng | - old variant of 亡[wang2] |
| 羊 | yáng | - surname Yang |
| 羊 | yáng | - sheep; goat - CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 补 | bǔ | - to repair - to patch - to mend - to make up for - to fill (a vacancy) - to supplement |
| 牢 | láo | - firm - sturdy - fold (for animals) - sacrifice - prison |
Other Words Containing 亡羊补牢
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 亡羊补牢 | - | 9 | 23,418 | 42,655 | 35,026 |