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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 好高骛远
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 好高骛远 | hào gāo wù yuǎn | - to bite off more than one can chew (idiom) - to aim too high |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 45,353 | 58,145 | 38,607 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 好 | hǎo | - good - appropriate; proper - all right! - (before a verb) easy to - (before a verb) good to - (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so - (verb complement indicating completion) - (of two people) close; on intimate terms - (after a personal pronoun) hello |
| 好 | hào | - to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to |
| 高 | gāo | - surname Gao |
| 高 | gāo | - high - tall - above average - loud - your (honorific) |
| 骛 | wù | - (bound form) to rush about - to strive for |
| 远 | yuǎn | - far - distant - remote - (intensifier in a comparison) by far - much (lower etc) |
| 远 | yuàn | - to distance oneself from (classical) |
Other Words Containing 好高骛远
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 好高骛远 | - | - | 45,353 | 58,145 | 38,607 |