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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 美中不足

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
美中不足 měi zhōng bù zú - everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment

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
- 9 33,625 33,799 28,896

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
měi- (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1])
- (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])
měi- beautiful
- very satisfactory; good
- to beautify
- to be pleased with oneself
zhōng- (bound form) China; Chinese
- surname Zhong
zhōng- within; among; in
- middle; center
- while (doing sth); during
- (dialect) OK; all right
zhòng- to hit (the mark)
- to be hit by
- to suffer
- to win (a prize, a lottery)
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
- excessive
- (bound form) foot; leg
- sufficient; ample
- as much as; fully

Other Words Containing 美中不足

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
美中不足 - 9 33,625 33,799 28,896