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Definition(s) for: 厚积薄发

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
厚积薄发 hòu jī bó fā - lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
- good preparation is the key to success
- to be well prepared

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
- - - 43,979 29,670

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
hòu- thick
- deep or profound
- kind
- generous
- rich or strong in flavor
- to favor
- to stress
- to amass; to accumulate; to store up
- (math.) product (the result of multiplication)
- (TCM) constipation; indigestion
- surname Bo
báo- thin
- cold in manner
- indifferent
- weak
- light
- infertile
- meager
- slight
- weak
- ungenerous or unkind
- frivolous
- to despise
- to belittle
- to look down on
- to approach or near
- see 薄荷[bo4 he5]
- to send out
- to show (one's feeling)
- to issue
- to develop
- to make a bundle of money
- classifier for gunshots (rounds)
- hair
- Taiwan pr. [fa3]

Other Words Containing 厚积薄发

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