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Definition(s) for: 手无缚鸡之力

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
手无缚鸡之力 shǒu wú fù jī zhī lì - lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (saying)
- fig. weak; unaccustomed to physical work

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
- - - 73,274 65,574

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shǒu- hand
- (formal) to hold
- person engaged in certain types of work
- person skilled in certain types of work
- personal(ly)
- convenient
- classifier for skill
- CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- used in 南無|南无[na1mo2]
- not to have
- no
- none
- not
- to lack
- un-
- -less
- to bind
- to tie
- Taiwan pr. [fu2]
- fowl
- chicken
- CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- (slang) prostitute
zhī- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
- him
- her
- it
- surname Li
- power
- force
- strength
- ability
- strenuously

Other Words Containing 手无缚鸡之力

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo