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Chinese Character/Word:
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 罄 | qìng | - to use up - to exhaust - empty |
| 竹 | zhú | - bamboo - CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] - Kangxi radical 118 |
| 难 | nán | - difficult (to...) - problem - difficulty - difficult - not good |
| 难 | nàn | - disaster - distress - to scold |
| 书 | shū | - abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] |
| 书 | 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 |