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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 债台高筑
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 债台高筑 | zhài tái gāo zhù | - lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 38,218 | 52,391 | 57,845 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 债 | zhài | - debt - CL:筆|笔[bi3] |
| 台 | tái | - Taiwan (abbr.) - surname Tai |
| 台 | tái | - (classical) you (in letters) - variant of 臺|台[tai2] |
| 台 | tái | - desk; table; counter |
| 台 | tái | - Taiwan (abbr.) |
| 台 | tái | - platform - stage - terrace - stand - support - station - broadcasting station - classifier for vehicles or machines |
| 台 | tái | - typhoon |
| 高 | gāo | - surname Gao |
| 高 | gāo | - high - tall - above average - loud - your (honorific) |
| 筑 | zhù | - short name for Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2] |
| 筑 | zhù | - five-string lute - Taiwan pr. [zhu2] |
| 筑 | zhù | - to build - to construct - to ram - to hit - Taiwan pr. [zhu2] |
Other Words Containing 债台高筑
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 债台高筑 | - | - | 38,218 | 52,391 | 57,845 |