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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 等闲之辈

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
等闲之辈 děng xián zhī bèi - (in the negative) (not) to be trifled with

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 39,149 60,791 81,774

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
děng- to wait for; to await
- by the time; when; till
- and so on; etc.; et al.
- (bound form) class; rank; grade
- (bound form) equal to; same as
- (used to end an enumeration)
- (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
xián- enclosure
- (variant of 閒|闲[xian2]) idle
- unoccupied
- leisure
xián- idle
- unoccupied
- leisure
zhī- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
- him
- her
- it
bèi- lifetime
- generation
- group of people
- class
- classifier for generations
- (literary) classifier for people

Other Words Containing 等闲之辈

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
等闲之辈 - - 39,149 60,791 81,774