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