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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 羊肠小道
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 羊肠小道 | yáng cháng xiǎo dào | - road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom); narrow and winding road - fig. complicated and tricky job |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 58,185 | 66,514 | 64,590 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 羊 | yáng | - surname Yang |
| 羊 | yáng | - sheep; goat - CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 肠 | cháng | - intestines |
| 肠 | cháng | - old variant of 腸|肠[chang2] |
| 小 | xiǎo | - small - tiny - few - young |
| 道 | dào | - road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) - (bound form) way; reason; principle - (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization - (Daoism) the Way; the Dao - to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) - (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) - classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process - (old) circuit (administrative division) |
Other Words Containing 羊肠小道
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 羊肠小道 | - | - | 58,185 | 66,514 | 64,590 |