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Definition(s) for: 前言不搭后语

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)

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
- - 57,874 60,851 28,645

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qián- front
- forward
- ahead
- first
- top (followed by a number)
- future
- ago
- before
- BC (e.g. 前293年)
- former
- formerly
yán- words
- speech
- to say
- to talk
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
- to put up
- to build (scaffolding)
- to hang (clothes on a pole)
- to connect
- to join
- to arrange in pairs
- to match
- to add
- to throw in (resources)
- to take (boat, train)
- variant of 褡[da1]
hòu- surname Hou
hòu- empress
- queen
- (archaic) monarch
- ruler
hòu- back
- behind
- rear
- afterwards
- after
- later
- post-
- dialect
- language
- speech
- (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know

Other Words Containing 前言不搭后语

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo