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Definition(s) for: 安贫乐道

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
安贫乐道 ān pín lè dào - to be content with poverty and strive for virtue (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
- - - 85,931 48,299

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
Ān- surname An
ān- (bound form) calm; peaceful
- to calm; to set at ease
- safe; secure; in good health
- content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1yu2])
- to place (sb) in a suitable position (job)
- to install; to fix; to fit
- to bring (a charge against sb)
- to harbor (certain intentions)
- ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1pei2])
pín- poor
- inadequate
- deficient
- garrulous
- surname Le
yuè- surname Yue
lào- used in place names
- happy
- cheerful
- to laugh
yuè- music
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)

Other Words Containing 安贫乐道

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo