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Definition(s) for: 酒香不怕巷子深

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
酒香不怕巷子深 jiǔ xiāng bù pà xiàng zi shēn - fragrant wine fears no dark alley (idiom)
- quality goods need no advertising

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 80,467 53,641

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jiǔ- wine (esp. rice wine)
- liquor
- spirits
- alcoholic beverage
- CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
xiāng- fragrant
- sweet smelling
- aromatic
- savory or appetizing
- (to eat) with relish
- (of sleep) sound
- perfume or spice
- joss or incense stick
- CL:根[gen1]
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
- surname Pa
- to be afraid
- to fear
- to dread
- to be unable to endure
- perhaps
xiàng- lane
- alley
- son
- child
- seed
- egg
- small thing
- 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
- viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
- ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
- subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
zi- (noun suffix)
shēn- deep (lit. and fig.)
shēn- old variant of 深[shen1]

Other Words Containing 酒香不怕巷子深

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo