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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 隔岸观火
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 隔岸观火 | gé àn guān huǒ | - to watch the fires burning across the river - to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 49,788 | 71,041 | 47,765 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 隔 | gé | - to separate - to partition - to stand or lie between - at a distance from - after or at an interval of |
| 岸 | àn | - bank; shore; beach; coast |
| 岸 | àn | - variant of 岸[an4] |
| 观 | guàn | - surname Guan |
| 观 | guān | - to look at - to watch - to observe - to behold - to advise - concept - point of view - outlook |
| 观 | guàn | - Taoist monastery - palace gate watchtower - platform |
| 火 | huǒ | - surname Huo |
| 火 | huǒ | - fire - urgent - ammunition - fiery or flaming - internal heat (Chinese medicine) - hot (popular) - classifier for military units (old) - Kangxi radical 86 |
Other Words Containing 隔岸观火
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 隔岸观火 | - | - | 49,788 | 71,041 | 47,765 |