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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 羊毛出在羊身上
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 羊毛出在羊身上 | yáng máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng | - lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. - Nothing comes for free. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 63,303 | 44,558 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 羊 | yáng | - surname Yang |
| 羊 | yáng | - sheep; goat - CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 毛 | máo | - surname Mao |
| 毛 | máo | - hair - feather - down - wool - mildew - mold - coarse or semifinished - young - raw - careless - unthinking - nervous - scared - (of currency) to devalue or depreciate - classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]) |
| 出 | chū | - to go out; to come out - to arise; to occur - to produce; to yield - to go beyond; to exceed - (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) - classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 出 | chū | - variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
| 在 | zài | - to exist; to be alive - (of sb or sth) to be (located) at - (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 羊 | yáng | - surname Yang |
| 羊 | yáng | - sheep; goat - CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 身 | shēn | - body - life - oneself - personally - one's morality and conduct - the main part of a structure or body - pregnant - classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset - Kangxi radical 158 |
| 上 | shǎng | - used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1] |
| 上 | shàng | - (bound form) up; upper; above; previous - first (of multiple parts) - to climb; to get onto; to go up - to attend (class or university) - (directional complement) up - (noun suffix) on; above |
Other Words Containing 羊毛出在羊身上
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 |
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