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Definition(s) for: 小巫见大巫

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
小巫见大巫 xiǎo wū jiàn dà wū - lit. minor magician in the presence of a great one (idiom)
- fig. to pale into insignificance by comparison

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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
- - 26,684 53,644 45,728

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
小 xiǎo- small
- tiny
- few
- young
巫 wū- surname Wu
- also pr. [Wu2]
巫 wū- witch
- wizard
- shaman
- also pr. [wu2]
见 jiàn- to see
- to meet
- to appear (to be sth)
- to interview
- opinion
- view
见 xiàn- to appear
- also written 現|现[xian4]
大 dà- big; large; great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3])
- greatly; freely; fully
- (dialect) father
- (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
大 dài- see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
巫 wū- surname Wu
- also pr. [Wu2]
巫 wū- witch
- wizard
- shaman
- also pr. [wu2]

Other Words Containing 小巫见大巫

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
小巫见大巫 - - 26,684 53,644 45,728