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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 变本加厉
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 变本加厉 | biàn běn jiā lì | - lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming) - to aggravate - to intensify |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 25,479 | 31,710 | 32,878 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 变 | biàn | - to change - to become different - to transform - to vary - rebellion |
| 本 | běn | - (bound form) root; stem - (bound form) origin; source - (bound form) one's own; this - (bound form) this; the current (year etc) - (bound form) original - (bound form) inherent - originally; initially - capital; principal - classifier for books, periodicals, files etc |
| 加 | jiā | - Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1na2da4]) - surname Jia |
| 加 | jiā | - to add - (math.) plus - to increase; to augment - (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1jia1 gai3liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)") |
| 厉 | lì | - surname Li |
| 厉 | lì | - strict - severe |
Other Words Containing 变本加厉
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 变本加厉 | - | - | 25,479 | 31,710 | 32,878 |