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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 凤毛麟角
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 凤毛麟角 | fèng máo lín jiǎo | - lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom) - fig. few and far between |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 66,921 | 37,524 | 48,007 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 凤 | fèng | - surname Feng |
| 凤 | fèng | - phoenix |
| 毛 | máo | - surname Mao |
| 毛 | máo | - hair - feather - down - wool - mildew - mold - coarse or semifinished - young - raw - careless - unthinking - nervous - scared - (of currency) to devalue or depreciate - classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]) |
| 麟 | lín | - see 麒麟[qi2lin2] |
| 麟 | lín | - variant of 麟[lin2] |
| 角 | jué | - surname Jue |
| 角 | jiǎo | - angle - corner - horn - horn-shaped - unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 角 | jué | - role (theater) - to compete - ancient three legged wine vessel - third note of pentatonic scale |
Other Words Containing 凤毛麟角
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 凤毛麟角 | - | - | 66,921 | 37,524 | 48,007 |