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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 寸步不让

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
寸步不让 cùn bù bù ràng - (idiom) not to yield an inch

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
- - 70,369 80,876 77,928

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
cùn- a unit of length
- inch
- thumb
- surname Bu
- a step
- a pace
- walk
- march
- stages in a process
- situation
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
ràng- to yield
- to permit
- to let sb do sth
- to have sb do sth
- to make sb (feel sad etc)
- by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])

Other Words Containing 寸步不让

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
寸步不让 - - 70,369 80,876 77,928