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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 步履维艰

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
步履维艰 bù lǚ wéi jiān - to have difficulty walking (idiom)
- to walk with difficulty

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
- - 54,370 56,045 65,364

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- surname Bu
- a step
- a pace
- walk
- march
- stages in a process
- situation
- shoe
- to tread on
wéi- abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2wu2er3]
- surname Wei
wéi- to preserve
- to maintain
- to hold together
- dimension
- vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])
jiān- difficult
- hard
- hardship

Other Words Containing 步履维艰

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
步履维艰 - - 54,370 56,045 65,364