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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 开源节流
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 开源节流 | kāi yuán jié liú | - lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom); to increase income and save on spending - to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 55,011 | 49,061 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 开 | kāi | - to open (transitive or intransitive) - (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start - to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run - to boil - to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) - (directional complement) away; off - carat (gold) - abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2] - abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format |
| 源 | yuán | - root - source - origin |
| 节 | jiē | - see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3] |
| 节 | jié | - joint; node - (bound form) section; segment - solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) - seasonal festival - (bound form) to economize; to save - (bound form) moral integrity; chastity - classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc - knot (nautical miles per hour) |
| 流 | liú | - to flow - to disseminate - to circulate or spread - to move or drift - to degenerate - to banish or send into exile - stream of water or sth resembling one - class, rate or grade |
Other Words Containing 开源节流
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 |
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