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Definition(s) for: 发人深思

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
发人深思 fā rén shēn sī - (idiom) thought-provoking
- to give one food for thought

List Ranking for: 发人深思

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 64,870 56,395 53,260

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
发 fā- to send out
- to show (one's feeling)
- to issue
- to develop
- to make a bundle of money
- classifier for gunshots (rounds)
发 fà- hair
- Taiwan pr. [fa3]
人 rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
深 shēn- deep (lit. and fig.)
深 shēn- old variant of 深[shen1]
思 sī- to think
- to consider

Other Words Containing 发人深思

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 (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
发人深思 - - 64,870 56,395 53,260