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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
fèng- surname Feng
fèng- phoenix
máo- surname Mao
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])
lín- see 麒麟[qi2lin2]
lín- variant of 麟[lin2]
jué- surname Jue
jiǎo- angle
- corner
- horn
- horn-shaped
- unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime)
- CL:個|个[ge4]
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