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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 寸草不生
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 寸草不生 | cùn cǎo - bù shēng | - lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom) - fig. barren |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 36,844 | 64,440 | 54,914 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 寸 | cùn | - a unit of length - inch - thumb |
| 草 | cǎo | - grass - straw - manuscript - draft (of a document) - careless - rough - CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1] |
| 草 | cào | - variant of 肏[cao4] |
| 草 | cǎo | - variant of 草[cao3] |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 生 | shēng | - to be born - to give birth - life - to grow - raw - uncooked - student |
Other Words Containing 寸草不生
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 寸草不生 | - | - | 36,844 | 64,440 | 54,914 |