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Definition(s) for: 适者生存

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
适者生存 shì zhě shēng cún - survival of the fittest

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
- - 20,741 47,154 29,349

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
kuò- see 李适[Li3 Kuo4]
shì- surname Shi
shì- to fit
- suitable
- proper
- just (now)
- comfortable
- well
- to go
- to follow or pursue
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
shēng- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
- student
cún- to exist
- to deposit
- to store
- to keep
- to survive

Other Words Containing 适者生存

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
适者生存 - - 20,741 47,154 29,349