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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 贪生怕死
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 贪生怕死 | tān shēng pà sǐ | - greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly - clinging abjectly to life - only interested in saving one's neck |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 40,602 | 58,679 | 55,790 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 贪 | tān | - to have a voracious desire for - to covet - greedy - corrupt |
| 生 | shēng | - to be born - to give birth - life - to grow - raw - uncooked - student |
| 怕 | pà | - surname Pa |
| 怕 | pà | - to be afraid - to fear - to dread - to be unable to endure - perhaps |
| 死 | sǐ | - to die - impassable - uncrossable - inflexible - rigid - extremely - damned |
Other Words Containing 贪生怕死
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 贪生怕死 | - | - | 40,602 | 58,679 | 55,790 |