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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 治丝益棼
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 治丝益棼 | zhì sī yì fén | - lit. try to straighten out silk threads only to tangle them further (idiom) - fig. to try to help but end up making things worse |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | 52,161 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 治 | zhì | - to rule - to govern - to manage - to control - to harness (a river) - to treat (a disease) - to wipe out (a pest) - to punish - to research |
| 丝 | sī | - silk - thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips - classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc |
| 益 | yì | - surname Yi |
| 益 | yì | - benefit - profit - advantage - beneficial - to increase - to add - all the more |
| 棼 | fén | - beams in roof - confused |
Other Words Containing 治丝益棼
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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