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Definition(s) for: 大意失荆州

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
大意失荆州 dà yi shī jīng zhōu - lit. to lose Jingzhou due to carelessness (idiom)
- fig. to suffer a major setback due to negligence

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
- - 84,660 102,945 88,080

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- big; large; great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3])
- greatly; freely; fully
- (dialect) father
- (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
dài- see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
- Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- idea
- meaning
- thought
- to think
- wish
- desire
- intention
- to expect
- to anticipate
shī- to lose
- to miss
- to fail
jīng- chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus)
- alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]
zhōu- prefecture
- (old) province
- (old) administrative division
- state (e.g. of US)
- oblast (Russia)
- canton (Switzerland)

Other Words Containing 大意失荆州

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
大意失荆州 - - 84,660 102,945 88,080