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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 望尘莫及
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 望尘莫及 | wàng chén mò jí | - lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) - to be far inferior |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 37,758 | 37,672 | 31,809 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 望 | wàng | - full moon - to hope - to expect - to visit - to gaze (into the distance) - to look towards - towards |
| 望 | wàng | - 15th day of month (lunar calendar) - old variant of 望[wang4] |
| 尘 | chén | - dust - dirt - earth |
| 莫 | mò | - surname Mo |
| 莫 | mò | - do not - there is none who |
| 及 | jí | - and - to reach - up to - in time for |
Other Words Containing 望尘莫及
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 望尘莫及 | - | - | 37,758 | 37,672 | 31,809 |