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Definition(s) for: 爱不释手

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
爱不释手 aì bù shì shǒu - (idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible

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
6 9 28,804 23,847 16,461

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- to love; to be fond of; to like
- affection
- to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
shì- to explain
- to release
- Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2])
- Buddhism
shǒu- hand
- (formal) to hold
- person engaged in certain types of work
- person skilled in certain types of work
- personal(ly)
- convenient
- classifier for skill
- CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Other Words Containing 爱不释手

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
爱不释手 6 9 28,804 23,847 16,461