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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 欲壑难填

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
欲壑难填 yù hè - nán tián - (idiom) insatiably greedy

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
- - - 104,177 64,833

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- to wish for
- to desire
- variant of 慾|欲[yu4]
- desire
- appetite
- passion
- lust
- greed
- gully
- ravine
- Taiwan pr. [huo4]
nán- difficult (to...)
- problem
- difficulty
- difficult
- not good
nàn- disaster
- distress
- to scold
tián- to fill or stuff
- (of a form etc) to fill in

Other Words Containing 欲壑难填

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