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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 沧海一粟
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 沧海一粟 | cāng hǎi - yī sù | - lit. one grain floating on the ocean (idiom) - fig. a drop in the ocean |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 74,022 | 46,749 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 沧 | cāng | - (bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green - (literary) cold |
| 海 | hǎi | - surname Hai |
| 海 | hǎi | - ocean - sea - CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] - great number of people or things - (dialect) numerous |
| 一 | yī | - one - single - a (article) - as soon as - entire; whole; all; throughout - "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) - also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 粟 | sù | - surname Su |
| 粟 | sù | - millet - (metonym) grain |
Other Words Containing 沧海一粟
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 |
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