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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 僧多粥少
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 僧多粥少 | sēng duō zhōu shǎo | - lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) - fig. not enough to go around - demand exceeds supply |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 67,105 | 59,929 | 70,818 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 僧 | sēng | - (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2]) |
| 多 | duō | - many; much; more; a lot of - too many; in excess - (after a numeral) ... odd - how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) - (bound form) multi-; poly- |
| 粥 | yù | - used in 葷粥|荤粥[Xun1yu4] |
| 粥 | zhōu | - congee - gruel - porridge - CL:碗[wan3] |
| 少 | shǎo | - few - less - to lack - to be missing - to stop (doing sth) - seldom |
| 少 | shào | - young |
Other Words Containing 僧多粥少
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 僧多粥少 | - | - | 67,105 | 59,929 | 70,818 |