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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 扬长避短
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 扬长避短 | yáng cháng bì duǎn | - to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom) - to play to one's strengths |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 50,746 | 31,975 | 37,961 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 扬 | yáng | - abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2zhou1] in Jiangsu - surname Yang |
| 扬 | yáng | - to raise - to hoist - the action of tossing or winnowing - scattering (in the wind) - to flutter - to propagate |
| 扬 | yáng | - variant of 揚|扬[yang2] |
| 长 | cháng | - length - long - forever - always - constantly |
| 长 | zhǎng | - chief - head - elder - to grow - to develop - to increase - to enhance |
| 避 | bì | - to avoid - to shun - to flee - to escape - to keep away from - to leave - to hide from |
| 短 | duǎn | - short - brief - to lack - weak point - fault |
Other Words Containing 扬长避短
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 扬长避短 | - | - | 50,746 | 31,975 | 37,961 |