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Definition(s) for: 坎坷不平

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
坎坷不平 kǎn kě bù píng - potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes

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
- - 94,300 92,905 69,021

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
kǎn- pit
- threshold
- one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water
- ☵
kǎn- old variant of 坎[kan3]
- pit
- hole
- used in 坷垃[ke1la1]
- used in 坎坷[kan3ke3]
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
píng- surname Ping
píng- flat
- level
- equal
- to tie (make the same score)
- to draw (score)
- calm
- peaceful
- abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]

Other Words Containing 坎坷不平

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
坎坷不平 - - 94,300 92,905 69,021