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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 文人相轻

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
文人相轻 wén rén xiāng qīng - scholars tend to disparage one another (idiom)

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
- - - 101,108 59,139

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
文 wén- surname Wen
文 wén- language
- culture
- writing
- formal
- literary
- gentle
- (old) classifier for coins
- Kangxi radical 67
人 rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
相 xiāng- surname Xiang
相 xiāng- each other
- one another
- mutually
- fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
相 xiàng- appearance
- portrait
- picture
- government minister
- (physics) phase
- (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
- to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
轻 qīng- light
- easy
- gentle
- soft
- reckless
- unimportant
- frivolous
- small in number
- unstressed
- neutral
- to disparage

Other Words Containing 文人相轻

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