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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 看破红尘
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 看破红尘 | kàn pò - hóng chén | - (idiom) to see through the illusions of the material world (often a precursor to becoming a Buddhist monk or nun); to become disillusioned with human society |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 62,079 | 31,429 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 看 | kān | - to look after - to take care of - to watch - to guard |
| 看 | kàn | - to see; to look at - to read - to watch - to visit; to call on - to consider; to regard as - to look after - to treat (a patient or illness) - to depend on - to feel (that) - (after a verb) to give it a try - to watch out for |
| 破 | pò | - broken - damaged - worn out - lousy - rotten - to break, split or cleave - to get rid of - to destroy - to break with - to defeat - to capture (a city etc) - to expose the truth of |
| 红 | hóng | - surname Hong |
| 红 | gōng | - used in 女紅|女红[nu:3gong1] |
| 红 | hóng | - red - popular - revolutionary - bonus |
| 尘 | chén | - dust - dirt - earth |
Other Words Containing 看破红尘
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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