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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 细水长流
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 细水长流 | xì shuǐ cháng liú | - lit. thin streams flow forever - fig. economy will get you a long way - to work steadily at something little by little |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 56,687 | 34,333 | 14,874 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 细 | xì | - thin or slender - finely particulate - thin and soft - fine - delicate - trifling - (of a sound) quiet - frugal |
| 水 | shuǐ | - surname Shui |
| 水 | shuǐ | - water - (after a name) ... River - to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) - (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy - (bound form) additional cost; extra income - classifier for washings of a garment |
| 长 | cháng | - length - long - forever - always - constantly |
| 长 | zhǎng | - chief - head - elder - to grow - to develop - to increase - to enhance |
| 流 | liú | - to flow - to disseminate - to circulate or spread - to move or drift - to degenerate - to banish or send into exile - stream of water or sth resembling one - class, rate or grade |
Other Words Containing 细水长流
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 细水长流 | - | - | 56,687 | 34,333 | 14,874 |