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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 味同嚼蜡
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 味同嚼蜡 | wèi tóng jiáo là | - lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom) - fig. tasteless; insipid |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 52,331 | 97,902 | 73,359 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 味 | wèi | - taste - smell - (fig.) (noun suffix) feel - quality - sense - (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription |
| 同 | tóng | - like - same - similar - together - alike - with |
| 同 | tòng | - see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4] |
| 嚼 | jiáo | - to chew - also pr. [jue2] |
| 嚼 | jiào | - used in 倒嚼[dao3 jiao4] |
| 蜡 | là | - candle - wax |
Other Words Containing 味同嚼蜡
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 味同嚼蜡 | - | - | 52,331 | 97,902 | 73,359 |