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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 玩火自焚
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 玩火自焚 | wán huǒ zì fén | - to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences - to get one's fingers burnt |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 95,893 | 59,010 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 玩 | wán | - to play - to have fun - to trifle with - toy - sth used for amusement - curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]) - to keep sth for entertainment |
| 玩 | wán | - variant of 玩[wan2] - Taiwan pr. [wan4] |
| 火 | huǒ | - surname Huo |
| 火 | huǒ | - fire - urgent - ammunition - fiery or flaming - internal heat (Chinese medicine) - hot (popular) - classifier for military units (old) - Kangxi radical 86 |
| 自 | zì | - (bound form) self; oneself - from; since - naturally; as a matter of course |
| 焚 | fén | - to burn |
Other Words Containing 玩火自焚
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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