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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 因噎废食
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 因噎废食 | yīn yē fèi shí | - lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face - to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 66,508 | 59,530 | 58,546 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 因 | yīn | - cause - reason - because |
| 因 | yīn | - old variant of 因[yin1] |
| 噎 | yē | - to choke (on) - to choke up - to suffocate |
| 废 | fèi | - to abolish - to abandon - to abrogate - to discard - to depose - to oust - crippled - abandoned - waste |
| 废 | fèi | - variant of 廢|废[fei4] - disabled |
| 食 | shí | - to eat - food - animal feed - eclipse |
| 食 | sì | - to feed (a person or animal) |
Other Words Containing 因噎废食
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 因噎废食 | - | - | 66,508 | 59,530 | 58,546 |