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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
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
chū- variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
ěr- variant of 爾|尔[er3]
ěr- thus
- so
- like that
- you
- thou
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
ěr- variant of 爾|尔[er3]
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