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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 失之交臂

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
失之交臂 shī zhī jiāo bì - to miss narrowly
- to let a great opportunity slip

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
- - 26,812 33,487 31,331

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
失 shī- to lose
- to miss
- to fail
之 zhī- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
- him
- her
- it
交 jiāo- to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over
- to make friends
- (of lines) to intersect
- variant of 跤[jiao1]
臂 bì- arm

Other Words Containing 失之交臂

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
失之交臂 - - 26,812 33,487 31,331