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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 画地为牢
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 画地为牢 | huà dì wéi láo | - lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom) - fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 72,871 | 74,613 | 42,454 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 画 | huà | - to draw; to paint - picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]) - to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) - stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) - (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) |
| 地 | de | - -ly - structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 地 | dì | - earth - ground - field - place - land - CL:片[pian4] |
| 为 | wéi | - as (in the capacity of) - to take sth as - to act as - to serve as - to behave as - to become - to be - to do - by (in the passive voice) |
| 为 | wèi | - because of - for - to |
| 为 | wéi | - variant of 為|为[wei2] |
| 为 | wèi | - variant of 為|为[wei4] |
| 牢 | láo | - firm - sturdy - fold (for animals) - sacrifice - prison |
Other Words Containing 画地为牢
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 画地为牢 | - | - | 72,871 | 74,613 | 42,454 |