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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 出尔反尔
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 出尔反尔 | chū ěr fǎn ěr | - old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word - to blow hot and cold - to contradict oneself - inconsistent |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 30,883 | 46,038 | 35,277 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 出 | chū | - to go out; to come out - to arise; to occur - to produce; to yield - to go beyond; to exceed - (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) - classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 出 | chū | - variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
| 尔 | ěr | - variant of 爾|尔[er3] |
| 尔 | ěr | - thus - so - like that - you - thou |
| 反 | fǎn | - contrary - in reverse - inside out or upside down - to reverse - to return - to oppose - opposite - against - anti- - to rebel - to use analogy - instead - abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system |
| 尔 | ěr | - variant of 爾|尔[er3] |
| 尔 | ěr | - thus - so - like that - you - thou |
Other Words Containing 出尔反尔
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 出尔反尔 | - | - | 30,883 | 46,038 | 35,277 |