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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 大器晚成
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 大器晚成 | dà qì wǎn chéng | - lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly - in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state - Rome wasn't built in a day |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 65,513 | 63,699 | 42,257 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 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] |
| 器 | qì | - device - tool - utensil - CL:臺|台[tai2] |
| 晚 | wǎn | - evening - night - late |
| 成 | chéng | - surname Cheng - short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2du1] |
| 成 | chéng | - to succeed - to finish - to complete - to accomplish - to become - to turn into - to be all right - OK! - one tenth |
Other Words Containing 大器晚成
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 大器晚成 | - | - | 65,513 | 63,699 | 42,257 |