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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 阳奉阴违
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 阳奉阴违 | yáng fèng yīn wéi | - outward devotion but inner opposition (idiom); to pay lip service - to agree overtly, but oppose in secret |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 65,275 | 56,514 | 54,754 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 阳 | yáng | - positive (electric.) - sun - male principle (Taoism) - Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] |
| 奉 | fèng | - to offer (tribute) - to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) - to esteem - to revere - to believe in (a religion) - to wait upon - to accept orders (from superior) |
| 阴 | yīn | - surname Yin |
| 阴 | yīn | - overcast (weather) - cloudy - shady - Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) - negative (electric.) - feminine - moon - implicit - hidden - genitalia |
| 阴 | yīn | - variant of 陰|阴[yin1] |
| 违 | wéi | - to disobey - to violate - to separate - to go against |
Other Words Containing 阳奉阴违
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 阳奉阴违 | - | - | 65,275 | 56,514 | 54,754 |