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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 坐以待毙
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 坐以待毙 | zuò yǐ dài bì | - to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 13,711 | 47,344 | 35,076 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 坐 | zuò | - surname Zuo |
| 坐 | zuò | - to sit - to take a seat - to take (a bus, airplane etc) - to bear fruit - variant of 座[zuo4] |
| 以 | yǐ | - abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4] |
| 以 | yǐ | - to use - by means of - according to - in order to - because of - at (a certain date or place) |
| 以 | yǐ | - old variant of 以[yi3] |
| 以 | yǐ | - old variant of 以[yi3] |
| 待 | dāi | - to stay; to remain |
| 待 | dài | - to wait - to treat - to deal with - to need - going to (do sth) - about to - intending to |
| 毙 | bì | - to die - to shoot dead - to reject - to fall forward - (suffix) to death |
| 毙 | bì | - to collapse - variant of 斃|毙[bi4] - variant of 獙[bi4] |
Other Words Containing 坐以待毙
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 坐以待毙 | - | - | 13,711 | 47,344 | 35,076 |