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Definition(s) for: 识时务者为俊杰

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
识时务者为俊杰 shí shí wù zhě wéi jùn jié - (idiom) only an outstanding talent can recognize current trends; a wise man submits to circumstances

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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
- - - 87,457 64,342

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
识 shí- to know
- knowledge
- Taiwan pr. [shi4]
识 zhì- to record
- to write a footnote
时 shí- old variant of 時|时[shi2]
时 shí- surname Shi
时 shí- o'clock
- time
- when
- hour
- season
- period
务 wù- affair
- business
- matter
- to be engaged in
- to attend to
- by all means
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
为 wéi- as (in the capacity of)
- to take sth as
- to act as
- to serve as
- to behave as
- to become
- to be
- to do
- by (in the passive voice)
为 wèi- because of
- for
- to
为 wéi- variant of 為|为[wei2]
为 wèi- variant of 為|为[wei4]
俊 jùn- smart
- eminent
- handsome
- talented
俊 zùn- (dialectal pronunciation of 俊[jun4])
- cool
- neat
俊 jùn- old variant of 俊[jun4]
俊 jùn- variant of 俊[jun4]
杰 jié- variant of 傑|杰[jie2]
杰 jié- (bound form) hero
- heroic
- outstanding person
- prominent
- distinguished

Other Words Containing 识时务者为俊杰

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