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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 倚老卖老

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
倚老卖老 yǐ lǎo - mài lǎo - (idiom) to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others

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
- - 76,211 65,719 37,391

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- to lean on
- to rely upon
lǎo- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
- old (of people)
- venerable (person)
- experienced
- of long standing
- always
- all the time
- of the past
- very
- outdated
- (of meat etc) tough
mài- to sell
- to betray
- to spare no effort
- to show off or flaunt
lǎo- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
- old (of people)
- venerable (person)
- experienced
- of long standing
- always
- all the time
- of the past
- very
- outdated
- (of meat etc) tough

Other Words Containing 倚老卖老

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
倚老卖老 - - 76,211 65,719 37,391