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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 典故

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
典故 diǎn gù - classical story or quote from the literature
- the story behind sth

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
- - 25,672 26,702 22,660

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
典 diǎn- canon
- law
- standard work of scholarship
- literary quotation or allusion
- ceremony
- to be in charge of
- to mortgage or pawn
故 gù- happening
- instance
- reason
- cause
- intentional
- former
- old
- friend
- therefore
- hence
- (of people) to die, dead

Other Words Containing 典故

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
典故 - - 25,672 26,702 22,660