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Definition(s) for: 天道酬勤

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
天道酬勤 tiān dào chóu qín - Heaven rewards the diligent. (idiom)

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
- - 68,008 - -

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
tiān- day
- sky
- heaven
dào- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3])
- (bound form) way; reason; principle
- (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
- (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
- to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
- (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
- classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
- (old) circuit (administrative division)
chóu- to entertain
- to repay
- to return
- to reward
- to compensate
- to reply
- to answer
chóu- old variant of 酬[chou2]
chóu- variant of 酬[chou2]
chóu- variant of 酬[chou2]
qín- diligent; industrious; hardworking
- frequent; regular; constant
- (bound form) work; duty; attendance
qín- variant of 勤[qin2]
- industrious
- solicitous

Other Words Containing 天道酬勤

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
天道酬勤 - - 68,008 - -