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Definition(s) for: 言传身教

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
言传身教 yán chuán shēn jiào - to teach by words and example (idiom)

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
- - 51,010 43,842 41,165

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yán- words
- speech
- to say
- to talk
chuán- to pass on
- to spread
- to transmit
- to infect
- to transfer
- to circulate
- to conduct (electricity)
zhuàn- biography
- historical narrative
- commentaries
- relay station
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
jiào- surname Jiao
jiāo- to teach
jiào- religion
- teaching
- to make
- to cause
- to tell

Other Words Containing 言传身教

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
言传身教 - - 51,010 43,842 41,165