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Definition(s) for: 才高八斗

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
才高八斗 cái gāo - bā dǒu - (idiom) of great talent

List Ranking:

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 82,766 47,900

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
cái- ability; talent
- sb of a certain type
- a capable individual
- then and only then
- just now
- (before an expression of quantity) only
cái- (variant of 才[cai2]) just now
- (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only
gāo- surname Gao
gāo- high
- tall
- above average
- loud
- your (honorific)
- eight
dǒu- abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
dǒu- dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]
- decaliter
- peck
- cup or dipper shaped object
- old variant of 陡[dou3]
dòu- to fight
- to struggle
- to condemn
- to censure
- to contend
- to put together
- coming together
dòu- variant of 鬭|斗[dou4]
dòu- variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
dòu- variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]

Other Words Containing 才高八斗

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