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Definition(s) for: 别有洞天

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
别有洞天 bié yǒu dòng tiān - place of charm and beauty
- scenery of exceptional charm
- completely different world

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
- - 89,511 66,759 46,310

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
bié- surname Bie
bié- to leave; to part (from)
- (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish
- (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc)
- (bound form) other; another; different
- don't ...!
- to fasten with a pin or clip
- to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement)
- (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])
biè- to make sb change their ways, opinions etc
yǒu- to have; there is
- (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3yi4] intentional)
dòng- cave
- hole
- zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
- CL:個|个[ge4]
tóng- used in 洪洞[Hong2tong2], a county in Shanxi
tiān- day
- sky
- heaven

Other Words Containing 别有洞天

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
别有洞天 - - 89,511 66,759 46,310