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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 蝇营狗苟
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 蝇营狗苟 | yíng yíng - gǒu gǒu | - lit. to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom) - fig. to lead an undignified life; to resort to any means for personal gain |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 60,547 | - | 85,049 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 蝇 | yíng | - fly - musca - CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 营 | yíng | - camp - barracks - battalion - to build - to operate - to manage - to strive for |
| 狗 | gǒu | - dog - CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2] |
| 苟 | gǒu | - surname Gou |
| 苟 | gǒu | - (literary) if indeed - (bound form) careless; negligent - (bound form) temporarily |
Other Words Containing 蝇营狗苟
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 蝇营狗苟 | - | - | 60,547 | - | 85,049 |