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