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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 百里挑一
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 百里挑一 | bǎi lǐ tiāo yī | - one in a hundred - cream of the crop |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 45,657 | 43,243 | 19,247 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 百 | bǎi | - surname Bai |
| 百 | bǎi | - hundred - numerous - all kinds of |
| 里 | lǐ | - Li (surname) |
| 里 | lǐ | - li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m - neighborhood - ancient administrative unit of 25 families - (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels |
| 里 | lǐ | - variant of 裡|里[li3] |
| 里 | lǐ | - lining - interior - inside - internal - also written 裏|里[li3] |
| 挑 | tiāo | - to carry on a shoulder pole - to choose - to pick - to nitpick |
| 挑 | tiǎo | - to raise - to dig up - to poke - to prick - to incite - to stir up |
| 一 | yī | - one - single - a (article) - as soon as - entire; whole; all; throughout - "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) - also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
Other Words Containing 百里挑一
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 百里挑一 | - | - | 45,657 | 43,243 | 19,247 |