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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 轻描淡写

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
轻描淡写 qīng miáo dàn xiě - (idiom) to treat sth as no big deal
- to downplay
- to understate

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
- - 23,135 25,093 23,885

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qīng- light
- easy
- gentle
- soft
- reckless
- unimportant
- frivolous
- small in number
- unstressed
- neutral
- to disparage
miáo- to depict
- to trace (a drawing)
- to copy
- to touch up
dàn- insipid
- diluted
- weak
- mild
- light in color
- tasteless
- indifferent
- (variant of 氮[dan4]) nitrogen
xiě- to write
xiè- used in 寫意|写意[xie4yi4]

Other Words Containing 轻描淡写

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
轻描淡写 - - 23,135 25,093 23,885