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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 说长道短
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 说长道短 | shuō cháng dào duǎn | - lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 68,329 | - | 77,430 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 说 | shuì | - to persuade |
| 说 | shuō | - to speak; to talk; to say - to explain; to comment - to scold; to tell off - (bound form) theory; doctrine |
| 说 | shuō | - variant of 說|说[shuo1] |
| 长 | cháng | - length - long - forever - always - constantly |
| 长 | zhǎng | - chief - head - elder - to grow - to develop - to increase - to enhance |
| 道 | dào | - road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) - (bound form) way; reason; principle - (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization - (Daoism) the Way; the Dao - to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) - (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) - classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process - (old) circuit (administrative division) |
| 短 | duǎn | - short - brief - to lack - weak point - fault |
Other Words Containing 说长道短
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 说长道短 | - | - | 68,329 | - | 77,430 |