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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 畏缩不前

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
畏缩不前 wèi suō bù qián - to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance

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
- - 41,361 83,889 56,084

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
wèi- to fear
suō- to withdraw
- to pull back
- to contract
- to shrink
- to reduce
- abbreviation
- also pr. [su4]
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
qián- front
- forward
- ahead
- first
- top (followed by a number)
- future
- ago
- before
- BC (e.g. 前293年)
- former
- formerly

Other Words Containing 畏缩不前

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
畏缩不前 - - 41,361 83,889 56,084