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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 物竞天择

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
物竞天择 wù jìng tiān zé - natural selection

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
- - 41,444 79,345 58,350

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- (bound form) thing
- (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
jìng- to compete
- to contend
- to struggle
tiān- day
- sky
- heaven
- to select
- to choose
- to pick over
- to pick out
- to differentiate
- to eliminate
- also pr. [zhai2]

Other Words Containing 物竞天择

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
物竞天择 - - 41,444 79,345 58,350