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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 知难而退
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 知难而退 | zhī nán ér tuì | - lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) - fig. to back out of an awkward situation; to get out on finding out what it's really like |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 44,269 | 48,627 | 42,056 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 知 | zhī | - to know - to be aware |
| 难 | nán | - difficult (to...) - problem - difficulty - difficult - not good |
| 难 | nàn | - disaster - distress - to scold |
| 而 | ér | - and - as well as - and so - but (not) - yet (not) - (indicates causal relation) - (indicates change of state) - (indicates contrast) |
| 退 | tuì | - to retreat; to withdraw - to reject; to return (sth) - to decline |
Other Words Containing 知难而退
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 知难而退 | - | - | 44,269 | 48,627 | 42,056 |