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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 祸不单行

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
祸不单行 huò bù dān xíng - misfortune does not come singly (idiom)
- it never rains but it pours

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
- - 32,204 50,886 34,290

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
祸 huò- old variant of 禍|祸[huo4]
祸 huò- disaster
- misfortune
- calamity
不 bù- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
单 shàn- surname Shan
单 chán- used in 單于|单于[chan2yu2]
单 dān- bill
- list
- form
- single
- only
- sole
- odd number
- CL:個|个[ge4]
行 háng- (bound form) row; line
- (bound form) line of business; trade; profession
- (bound form) commercial firm
- (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
- (in data tables) row; (Tw) column
- classifier for rows or lines
行 héng- used in 道行[dao4heng2]
行 xíng- (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel
- (literary) trip; journey; visit
- (bound form) temporary; makeshift
- (bound form) current; in circulation
- (bound form) to do; to perform
- capable; competent
- all right; OK!; will do
- behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4])
- (literary) about to; soon

Other Words Containing 祸不单行

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
祸不单行 - - 32,204 50,886 34,290