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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 毛遂自荐
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 毛遂自荐 | máo suì zì jiàn | - Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 33,904 | 58,331 | 67,684 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 毛 | máo | - surname Mao |
| 毛 | máo | - hair - feather - down - wool - mildew - mold - coarse or semifinished - young - raw - careless - unthinking - nervous - scared - (of currency) to devalue or depreciate - classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]) |
| 遂 | suí | - used in 半身不遂[ban4 shen1 bu4 sui2] - Taiwan pr. [sui4] |
| 遂 | suì | - to satisfy - to succeed - then - thereupon - finally - unexpectedly - to proceed - to reach |
| 自 | zì | - (bound form) self; oneself - from; since - naturally; as a matter of course |
| 荐 | jiàn | - to recommend - to offer sacrifice (arch.) - grass - straw mat |
Other Words Containing 毛遂自荐
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 毛遂自荐 | - | - | 33,904 | 58,331 | 67,684 |