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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 长吁短叹

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
长吁短叹 cháng xū duǎn tàn - long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain

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
- - 62,750 73,243 75,847

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
cháng- length
- long
- forever
- always
- constantly
zhǎng- chief
- head
- elder
- to grow
- to develop
- to increase
- to enhance
- sh
- hush
- variant of 籲|吁[yu4]
- to implore
duǎn- short
- brief
- to lack
- weak point
- fault
tàn- to sigh
- to exclaim
tàn- variant of 嘆|叹[tan4]

Other Words Containing 长吁短叹

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
长吁短叹 - - 62,750 73,243 75,847