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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 病从口入
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 病从口入 | bìng cóng kǒu rù | - Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat! - fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 68,676 | 54,637 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 病 | bìng | - illness - CL:場|场[chang2] - disease - to fall ill - defect |
| 从 | cóng | - variant of 從|从[cong2] |
| 从 | cóng | - surname Cong |
| 从 | cóng | - from; through; via - (bound form) to follow - (bound form) to obey - (bound form) to engage in (an activity) - (used before a negative) ever - (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant - (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate - (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 口 | kǒu | - mouth - classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) - classifier for bites or mouthfuls |
| 入 | rù | - to enter; to go into - to join; to become a member of - (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4shi2]) - abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4sheng1] - (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri") |
Other Words Containing 病从口入
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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