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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 偷鸡不成蚀把米
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 偷鸡不成蚀把米 | tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ | - lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom) - fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off - to go for wool and come back shorn |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | 82,373 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 偷 | tōu | - to steal - to pilfer - to snatch - thief - stealthily |
| 鸡 | jī | - fowl - chicken - CL:隻|只[zhi1] - (slang) prostitute |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 成 | chéng | - surname Cheng - short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2du1] |
| 成 | chéng | - to succeed - to finish - to complete - to accomplish - to become - to turn into - to be all right - OK! - one tenth |
| 蚀 | shí | - to nibble away at sth - to eat into - to erode |
| 把 | bǎ | - to hold; to grasp - to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate - handlebar - classifier: handful, bundle, bunch - classifier for things with handles - (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 把 | bà | - handle |
| 米 | mǐ | - surname Mi |
| 米 | mǐ | - uncooked rice - meter (unit of length) - (slang) Chinese yuan |
Other Words Containing 偷鸡不成蚀把米
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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