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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 如履薄冰

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng - lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom)
- fig. extremely cautious

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
- - 24,875 42,482 30,525

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- as
- as if
- such as
- shoe
- to tread on
- surname Bo
báo- thin
- cold in manner
- indifferent
- weak
- light
- infertile
- meager
- slight
- weak
- ungenerous or unkind
- frivolous
- to despise
- to belittle
- to look down on
- to approach or near
- see 薄荷[bo4 he5]
bīng- ice
- CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- to chill sth
- (of an object or substance) to feel cold
- (of a person) cold
- unfriendly
- (slang) methamphetamine
bīng- variant of 冰[bing1]

Other Words Containing 如履薄冰

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
如履薄冰 - - 24,875 42,482 30,525