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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 宝刀不老
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 宝刀不老 | bǎo dāo bù lǎo | - lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) - fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever - the old man still has it |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 50,091 | 79,256 | 61,521 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 宝 | bǎo | - variant of 寶|宝[bao3] |
| 宝 | bǎo | - jewel - gem - treasure - precious |
| 刀 | dāo | - surname Dao |
| 刀 | dāo | - knife - blade - single-edged sword - cutlass - CL:把[ba3] - (slang) dollar (loanword) - classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) - classifier for knife cuts or stabs |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 老 | lǎo | - prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity - old (of people) - venerable (person) - experienced - of long standing - always - all the time - of the past - very - outdated - (of meat etc) tough |
Other Words Containing 宝刀不老
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 宝刀不老 | - | - | 50,091 | 79,256 | 61,521 |