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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 以防万一

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
以防万一 yǐ fáng wàn yī - to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case
- prepared for any eventualities

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
- - 4,614 44,466 38,210

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- to use
- by means of
- according to
- in order to
- because of
- at (a certain date or place)
- old variant of 以[yi3]
- old variant of 以[yi3]
fáng- to protect
- to defend
- to guard against
- to prevent
- used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]
wàn- surname Wan
wàn- ten thousand
- a great number
- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Other Words Containing 以防万一

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
以防万一 - - 4,614 44,466 38,210