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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 物极必反
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 物极必反 | wù jí bì fǎn | - when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 50,179 | 56,706 | 36,055 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 物 | wù | - (bound form) thing - (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself |
| 极 | jí | - extremely - pole (geography, physics) - utmost - top |
| 必 | bì | - certainly - must - will - necessarily |
| 反 | fǎn | - contrary - in reverse - inside out or upside down - to reverse - to return - to oppose - opposite - against - anti- - to rebel - to use analogy - instead - abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system |
Other Words Containing 物极必反
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 物极必反 | - | - | 50,179 | 56,706 | 36,055 |