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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 引以为戒

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
引以为戒 yǐn yǐ wéi jiè - to take sth as a warning (idiom)
- to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly

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
- - 42,343 38,065 25,863

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
引 yǐn- to draw (e.g. a bow)
- to pull
- to stretch sth
- to extend
- to lengthen
- to involve or implicate in
- to attract
- to lead
- to guide
- to leave
- to provide evidence or justification for
- old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
以 yǐ- abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
以 yǐ- to use
- by means of
- according to
- in order to
- because of
- at (a certain date or place)
以 yǐ- old variant of 以[yi3]
以 yǐ- old variant of 以[yi3]
为 wéi- as (in the capacity of)
- to take sth as
- to act as
- to serve as
- to behave as
- to become
- to be
- to do
- by (in the passive voice)
为 wèi- because of
- for
- to
为 wéi- variant of 為|为[wei2]
为 wèi- variant of 為|为[wei4]
戒 jiè- to guard against
- to exhort
- to admonish or warn
- to give up or stop doing sth
- Buddhist monastic discipline
- ring (for a finger)

Other Words Containing 引以为戒

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
引以为戒 - - 42,343 38,065 25,863