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Definition(s) for: 千金难买

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
千金难买 qiān jīn nán mǎi - can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)

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
- - - 78,156 42,385

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qiān- thousand
qiān- used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1qian1]
jīn- surname Jin
- surname Kim (Korean)
- Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
jīn- gold
- chemical element Au
- generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
- money
- golden
- highly respected
- one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
nán- difficult (to...)
- problem
- difficulty
- difficult
- not good
nàn- disaster
- distress
- to scold
mǎi- to buy
- to purchase

Other Words Containing 千金难买

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