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Definition(s) for: 罄竹难书

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
罄竹难书 qìng zhú nán shū - so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
- innumerable crimes (idiom)
- see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qing4 bi3 nan2 shu1]

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
- - 48,460 74,656 55,393

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qìng- to use up
- to exhaust
- empty
zhú- bamboo
- CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1]
- Kangxi radical 118
nán- difficult (to...)
- problem
- difficulty
- difficult
- not good
nàn- disaster
- distress
- to scold
shū- abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
shū- book
- letter
- document
- CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]
- to write

Other Words Containing 罄竹难书

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
罄竹难书 - - 48,460 74,656 55,393