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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 繁文缛节
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 繁文缛节 | fán wén rù jié | - convoluted and overelaborate (document) - unnecessarily elaborate writing - mumbo-jumbo |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 25,646 | 80,187 | 80,655 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 繁 | pó | - surname Po |
| 繁 | fán | - complicated - many - in great numbers - abbr. for 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3], traditional form of Chinese characters |
| 繁 | fán | - old variant of 繁[fan2] |
| 文 | wén | - surname Wen |
| 文 | wén | - language - culture - writing - formal - literary - gentle - (old) classifier for coins - Kangxi radical 67 |
| 缛 | rù | - adorned - beautiful |
| 节 | jiē | - see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3] |
| 节 | jié | - joint; node - (bound form) section; segment - solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) - seasonal festival - (bound form) to economize; to save - (bound form) moral integrity; chastity - classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc - knot (nautical miles per hour) |
Other Words Containing 繁文缛节
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 繁文缛节 | - | - | 25,646 | 80,187 | 80,655 |