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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 未雨绸缪
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 未雨绸缪 | wèi yǔ chóu móu | - lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead - to prepare for a rainy day |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 24,320 | 27,612 | 30,795 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 未 | wèi | - not yet - did not - have not - not - 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep - ancient Chinese compass point: 210° |
| 雨 | yǔ | - rain - CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2] |
| 雨 | yù | - (literary) to rain - (of rain, snow etc) to fall - to precipitate - to wet |
| 绸 | chóu | - (light) silk - CL:匹[pi3] |
| 缪 | miào | - surname Miao |
| 缪 | liǎo | - old variant of 繚|缭[liao3] |
| 缪 | miù | - variant of 謬|谬[miu4] |
| 缪 | móu | - used in 綢繆|绸缪[chou2mou2] |
| 缪 | mù | - old variant of 穆[mu4] |
Other Words Containing 未雨绸缪
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 未雨绸缪 | - | - | 24,320 | 27,612 | 30,795 |