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Definition(s) for: 海水不可斗量

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
海水不可斗量 hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng - see 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4 , hai3 shui3 bu4 ke3 dou3 liang2]

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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
- - - - 75,090

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
海 hǎi- surname Hai
海 hǎi- ocean
- sea
- CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]
- great number of people or things
- (dialect) numerous
水 shuǐ- surname Shui
水 shuǐ- water
- (after a name) ... River
- to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4])
- (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
- (bound form) additional cost; extra income
- classifier for washings of a garment
不 bù- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
可 kě- (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
- to approve; to permit
- to suit
- (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
- but; however
可 kè- used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
斗 dǒu- abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
斗 dǒu- dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]
- decaliter
- peck
- cup or dipper shaped object
- old variant of 陡[dou3]
斗 dòu- to fight
- to struggle
- to condemn
- to censure
- to contend
- to put together
- coming together
斗 dòu- variant of 鬭|斗[dou4]
斗 dòu- variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
斗 dòu- variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
量 liáng- to measure
量 liàng- capacity
- quantity
- amount
- to estimate
- abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar)
- measure word

Other Words Containing 海水不可斗量

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