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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 愚公移山
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 愚公移山 | yú gōng yí shān | - the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way |
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 | 62,926 | 38,023 | 30,606 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 愚 | yú | - to be stupid - to cheat or deceive - me or I (modest) |
| 公 | gōng | - public - collectively owned - common - international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) - make public - fair - just - Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] - honorable (gentlemen) - father-in-law - male (animal) |
| 移 | yí | - to move - to shift - to change - to alter - to remove |
| 山 | shān | - surname Shan |
| 山 | shān | - mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4]) - (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
Other Words Containing 愚公移山
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 愚公移山 | - | 9 | 62,926 | 38,023 | 30,606 |