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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 望而却步
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 望而却步 | wàng ér què bù | - lit. to shrink back at the sight of (sth daunting) (idiom) - fig. to be deterred |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 52,815 | 27,870 | 35,611 |
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] |
| 而 | ér | - and - as well as - and so - but (not) - yet (not) - (indicates causal relation) - (indicates change of state) - (indicates contrast) |
| 却 | què | - old variant of 卻|却[que4] |
| 却 | què | - but - yet - however - while - to go back - to decline - to retreat - nevertheless - even though |
| 步 | bù | - surname Bu |
| 步 | bù | - a step - a pace - walk - march - stages in a process - situation |
Other Words Containing 望而却步
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 望而却步 | - | - | 52,815 | 27,870 | 35,611 |