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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 出淤泥而不染
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 出淤泥而不染 | chū yū ní ér bù rǎn | - lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom) - fig. to be principled and incorruptible |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 73,268 | 38,026 |
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) |
| 淤 | yū | - silt - river sludge - to silt up - choked with silt - variant of 瘀[yu1] |
| 泥 | ní | - mud - clay - paste - pulp |
| 泥 | nì | - restrained |
| 而 | ér | - and - as well as - and so - but (not) - yet (not) - (indicates causal relation) - (indicates change of state) - (indicates contrast) |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 染 | rǎn | - to dye - to catch (a disease) - to acquire (bad habits etc) - to contaminate - to add color washes to a painting |
Other Words Containing 出淤泥而不染
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 |
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