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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 换汤不换药
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 换汤不换药 | huàn tāng bù huàn yào | - different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only - a change in form but not in substance |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 46,156 | 59,449 | 46,131 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 换 | huàn | - to exchange - to change (clothes etc) - to substitute - to switch - to convert (currency) |
| 汤 | tāng | - surname Tang |
| 汤 | shāng | - rushing current |
| 汤 | tāng | - soup - hot or boiling water - decoction of medicinal herbs - water in which sth has been boiled |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 换 | huàn | - to exchange - to change (clothes etc) - to substitute - to switch - to convert (currency) |
| 药 | yào | - leaf of the iris - variant of 藥|药[yao4] |
| 药 | yào | - medicine - drug - substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) - CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] - to poison |
Other Words Containing 换汤不换药
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 换汤不换药 | - | - | 46,156 | 59,449 | 46,131 |