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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 引经据典

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
引经据典 yǐn jīng jù diǎn - lit. to quote the classics
- to quote chapter and verse (idiom)

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
- 9 37,195 62,736 57,597

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
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
jīng- surname Jing
jīng- classics
- sacred book
- scripture
- to pass through
- to undergo
- to bear
- to endure
- warp (textile)
- longitude
- menstruation
- channel (TCM)
- abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4]
- used in 拮据[jie2 ju1]
- variant of 據|据[ju4]
- variant of 據|据[ju4]
- according to
- to act in accordance with
- to depend on
- to seize
- to occupy
diǎn- canon
- law
- standard work of scholarship
- literary quotation or allusion
- ceremony
- to be in charge of
- to mortgage or pawn

Other Words Containing 引经据典

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
引经据典 - 9 37,195 62,736 57,597