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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 因小失大
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 因小失大 | yīn xiǎo shī dà | - to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 60,929 | 69,004 | 57,460 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 因 | yīn | - cause - reason - because |
| 因 | yīn | - old variant of 因[yin1] |
| 小 | xiǎo | - small - tiny - few - young |
| 失 | shī | - to lose - to miss - to fail |
| 大 | dà | - big; large; great - older (than another person) - eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) - greatly; freely; fully - (dialect) father - (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 | dài | - see 大夫[dai4 fu5] |
Other Words Containing 因小失大
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 因小失大 | - | - | 60,929 | 69,004 | 57,460 |