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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 文过饰非
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 文过饰非 | wén guò shì fēi | - (idiom) to cover up one's faults; to whitewash |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 85,941 | 53,679 |
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 |
| 过 | guō | - surname Guo |
| 过 | guò | - to cross - to go over - to pass (time) - to celebrate (a holiday) - to live - to get along - excessively - too- |
| 过 | guo | - (experienced action marker) |
| 饰 | shì | - decoration - ornament - to decorate - to adorn - to hide - to conceal (a fault) - excuse (to hide a fault) - to play a role (in opera) - to impersonate |
| 非 | fēi | - abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa |
| 非 | fēi | - to not be; not - wrong; incorrect - non-; un-; in-; de- - to reproach; to blame - (coll.) to insist on; simply must |
Other Words Containing 文过饰非
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 |
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