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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 能者多劳
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 能者多劳 | néng zhě - duō láo | - (idiom) it's the most capable people who do the most work (intended as consolation for the overworked, or flattery when making a request etc) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 74,695 | 86,009 | 43,894 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 能 | néng | - surname Neng |
| 能 | néng | - can - to be able to - might possibly - ability - (physics) energy |
| 者 | zhě | - (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... - (after a noun) person involved in ... - -er - -ist - (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) - (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) - (old) (used at the end of a command) - (old) this |
| 多 | duō | - many; much; more; a lot of - too many; in excess - (after a numeral) ... odd - how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) - (bound form) multi-; poly- |
| 劳 | láo | - (bound form) to toil; labor - (bound form) laborer - (bound form) meritorious deed - (bound form) fatigue - to put sb to the trouble (of doing sth) - to express one's appreciation (Taiwan pr. [lao4]) |
Other Words Containing 能者多劳
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 能者多劳 | - | - | 74,695 | 86,009 | 43,894 |