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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 尔虞我诈
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 尔虞我诈 | ěr yú wǒ zhà | - lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom) - fig. each tries to outwit the other - deceit and treachery |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 54,011 | 48,733 | 29,765 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 尔 | ěr | - variant of 爾|尔[er3] |
| 尔 | ěr | - thus - so - like that - you - thou |
| 虞 | yú | - surname Yu |
| 虞 | yú | - (literary) to expect; to anticipate - (literary) to be concerned about; to be apprehensive - (literary) to deceive; to dupe |
| 我 | wǒ | - I; me; my |
| 诈 | zhà | - to cheat - to swindle - to pretend - to feign - to draw sb out - to try to extract information by deceit or bluff |
Other Words Containing 尔虞我诈
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 尔虞我诈 | - | - | 54,011 | 48,733 | 29,765 |