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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 四两拨千斤
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 四两拨千斤 | sì liǎng bō qiān jīn | - lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom) - fig. to achieve much with little effort |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 42,649 | - | - |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 四 | sì | - four - 4 |
| 两 | liǎng | - two - both - some - a few - tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) |
| 拨 | bō | - to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc - to dial - to allocate - to set aside (money) - to poke (the fire) - to pluck (a string instrument) - to turn round - classifier: group, batch |
| 千 | qiān | - thousand |
| 千 | qiān | - used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1qian1] |
| 斤 | jīn | - catty - (PRC) weight equal to 500 g - (Tw) weight equal to 600 g - (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g |
Other Words Containing 四两拨千斤
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 四两拨千斤 | - | - | 42,649 | - | - |