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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 素昧平生

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
素昧平生 sù mèi - píng shēng - (idiom) to have never met sb before; entirely unacquainted

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
- - 40,162 62,922 61,943

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- raw silk
- white
- plain, unadorned
- vegetarian (food)
- essence
- nature
- element
- constituent
- usually
- always
- ever
mèi- to conceal
- dark
píng- surname Ping
píng- flat
- level
- equal
- to tie (make the same score)
- to draw (score)
- calm
- peaceful
- abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]
shēng- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
- student

Other Words Containing 素昧平生

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
素昧平生 - - 40,162 62,922 61,943