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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 夜郎自大
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 夜郎自大 | yè láng zì dà | - lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom) - fig. foolish conceit |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 67,692 | 76,055 | 57,037 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 夜 | yè | - night |
| 夜 | yè | - variant of 夜[ye4] |
| 郎 | láng | - surname Lang |
| 郎 | láng | - (arch.) minister - official - noun prefix denoting function or status - a youth |
| 自 | zì | - (bound form) self; oneself - from; since - naturally; as a matter of course |
| 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 夜郎自大
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 夜郎自大 | - | - | 67,692 | 76,055 | 57,037 |