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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 眼高手低
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 眼高手低 | yǎn gāo shǒu dī | - to have high standards but little ability - to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 56,817 | 55,225 | 28,138 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 眼 | yǎn | - eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]) - (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance - small hole - (bound form) salient point - classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc |
| 高 | gāo | - surname Gao |
| 高 | gāo | - high - tall - above average - loud - your (honorific) |
| 手 | shǒu | - hand - (formal) to hold - person engaged in certain types of work - person skilled in certain types of work - personal(ly) - convenient - classifier for skill - CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 低 | dī | - low - beneath - to lower (one's head) - to let droop - to hang down - to incline |
Other Words Containing 眼高手低
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 眼高手低 | - | - | 56,817 | 55,225 | 28,138 |