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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 狗改不了吃屎
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 狗改不了吃屎 | gǒu gǎi bù liǎo chī shǐ | - lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom) - fig. bad habits are hard to change |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 67,835 | 29,345 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 狗 | gǒu | - dog - CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2] |
| 改 | gǎi | - to change - to alter - to transform - to correct |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 了 | le | - (completed action marker) - (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) - (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
| 了 | liǎo | - to finish - (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4bu5liao3] "cannot forget") - (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least - to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了[liao3]) |
| 了 | liǎo | - (of eyes) bright - clear-sighted - to understand clearly |
| 了 | liào | - unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4] |
| 吃 | chī | - to eat; to consume - to eat at (a cafeteria etc) - to eradicate; to destroy - to absorb - to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) |
| 吃 | chī | - variant of 吃[chi1] |
| 屎 | shǐ | - feces; excrement; a stool - (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc) |
Other Words Containing 狗改不了吃屎
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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