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Definition(s) for: 大有作为

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
大有作为 dà yǒu zuò wéi - to accomplish much
- to have good prospects
- to have a promising future

List Ranking for: 大有作为

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 37,582 36,337 50,113

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]
有 yǒu- to have; there is
- (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3yi4] intentional)
作 zuō- (bound form) worker
- (bound form) workshop
- (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
作 zuò- to do; to engage in
- to write; to compose
- to pretend; to feign
- to regard as; to consider to be
- to be; to act the part of
- to feel (itchy, nauseous etc)
- writings; works
为 wéi- as (in the capacity of)
- to take sth as
- to act as
- to serve as
- to behave as
- to become
- to be
- to do
- by (in the passive voice)
为 wèi- because of
- for
- to
为 wéi- variant of 為|为[wei2]
为 wèi- variant of 為|为[wei4]

Other Words Containing 大有作为

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 (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
大有作为 - - 37,582 36,337 50,113