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Definition(s) for: 邯郸学步

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
邯郸学步 hán dān xué bù - to copy the way they walk in Handan (idiom)
- slavishly copying others, one risks becoming a caricature

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
- - 51,453 - 79,855

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
邯 hán- name of a district in Hebei
郸 dān- name of a district in Hebei
学 xué- to learn
- to study
- to imitate
- science
- -ology
步 bù- surname Bu
步 bù- a step
- a pace
- walk
- march
- stages in a process
- situation

Other Words Containing 邯郸学步

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
邯郸学步 - - 51,453 - 79,855