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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 雪中送炭
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 雪中送炭 | xuě zhōng sòng tàn | - lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom) - fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need |
List Ranking for: 雪中送炭
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 37,694 | 30,094 | 20,020 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 雪 | xuě | - surname Xue |
| 雪 | xuě | - snow - CL:場|场[chang2] - (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) |
| 中 | zhōng | - (bound form) China; Chinese - surname Zhong |
| 中 | zhōng | - within; among; in - middle; center - while (doing sth); during - (dialect) OK; all right |
| 中 | zhòng | - to hit (the mark) - to be hit by - to suffer - to win (a prize, a lottery) |
| 送 | sòng | - to send; to deliver; to transmit - to give (as a present) - to see (sb) off - to accompany; to go along with |
| 炭 | tàn | - wood charcoal - coal |
Other Words Containing 雪中送炭
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 (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 雪中送炭 | - | - | 37,694 | 30,094 | 20,020 |