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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 人心不足蛇吞象
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 人心不足蛇吞象 | rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng | - a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | 71,944 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 人 | rén | - person; people - CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 心 | xīn | - heart - mind - intention - center - core - CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4] |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 足 | jù | - excessive |
| 足 | zú | - (bound form) foot; leg - sufficient; ample - as much as; fully |
| 蛇 | shé | - snake - serpent - CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 蛇 | yí | - used in 委蛇[wei1yi2] |
| 蛇 | shé | - variant of 蛇[she2] |
| 吞 | tūn | - to swallow - to take |
| 象 | xiàng | - elephant - CL:隻|只[zhi1] - shape - form - appearance - to imitate |
Other Words Containing 人心不足蛇吞象
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 |
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