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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 天公不作美
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 天公不作美 | tiān gōng bù zuò měi | - Heaven is not cooperating (idiom) - the weather is not favorable for the planned activity |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 66,092 | 49,849 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 天 | tiān | - day - sky - heaven |
| 公 | gōng | - public - collectively owned - common - international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) - make public - fair - just - Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] - honorable (gentlemen) - father-in-law - male (animal) |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 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 |
| 美 | měi | - (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]) - (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2]) |
| 美 | měi | - beautiful - very satisfactory; good - to beautify - to be pleased with oneself |
Other Words Containing 天公不作美
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 |
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