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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 添砖加瓦
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 添砖加瓦 | tiān zhuān jiā wǎ | - lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom) - fig. to do one's bit to help |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 51,360 | 38,618 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 添 | tiān | - to add; to increase; to replenish |
| 砖 | zhuān | - variant of 甎|砖[zhuan1] |
| 砖 | zhuān | - variant of 磚|砖[zhuan1] |
| 砖 | zhuān | - brick - tile (floor or wall, not roof) - CL:塊|块[kuai4] |
| 加 | jiā | - Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1na2da4]) - surname Jia |
| 加 | jiā | - to add - (math.) plus - to increase; to augment - (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1jia1 gai3liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)") |
| 瓦 | wǎ | - roof tile - abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4] |
Other Words Containing 添砖加瓦
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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