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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 君子之交淡如水
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 君子之交淡如水 | jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ | - a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 73,847 | 34,288 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 君 | jūn | - monarch - lord - gentleman - ruler |
| 子 | zǐ | - son - child - seed - egg - small thing - 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat - viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] - ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) - subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 | zi | - (noun suffix) |
| 之 | zhī | - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) - him - her - it |
| 交 | jiāo | - to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over - to make friends - (of lines) to intersect - variant of 跤[jiao1] |
| 淡 | dàn | - insipid - diluted - weak - mild - light in color - tasteless - indifferent - (variant of 氮[dan4]) nitrogen |
| 如 | rú | - as - as if - such as |
| 水 | shuǐ | - surname Shui |
| 水 | shuǐ | - water - (after a name) ... River - to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) - (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy - (bound form) additional cost; extra income - classifier for washings of a garment |
Other Words Containing 君子之交淡如水
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| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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