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Definition(s) for: 故步自封

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
故步自封 gù bù zì fēng - stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas
- stagnating and conservative

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
- - - 87,032 77,819

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- happening
- instance
- reason
- cause
- intentional
- former
- old
- friend
- therefore
- hence
- (of people) to die, dead
- surname Bu
- a step
- a pace
- walk
- march
- stages in a process
- situation
- (bound form) self; oneself
- from; since
- naturally; as a matter of course
fēng- surname Feng
fēng- to confer
- to grant
- to bestow a title
- to seal
- classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters

Other Words Containing 故步自封

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