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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 重蹈覆辙
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 重蹈覆辙 | chóng dǎo fù zhé | - lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom) - fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past - to repeat a disastrous mistake |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 13,549 | 37,179 | 24,469 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 重 | chóng | - to repeat - repetition - again - re- - classifier: layer |
| 重 | zhòng | - heavy - serious - to attach importance to |
| 蹈 | dǎo | - to tread on - to trample - to stamp - to fulfill - Taiwan pr. [dao4] |
| 复 | fù | - variant of 復|复[fu4] - to reply to a letter |
| 覆 | fù | - to cover - to overflow - to overturn - to capsize |
| 辙 | zhé | - rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) - (coll.) the direction of traffic - a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) - (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way; idea |
Other Words Containing 重蹈覆辙
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 重蹈覆辙 | - | - | 13,549 | 37,179 | 24,469 |