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Definition(s) for: 青黄不接

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
青黄不接 qīng huáng bù jiē - lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom); the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop
- temporary deficit in manpower or resources
- unable to make ends meet

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
- - - 44,087 52,867

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qīng- abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province
qīng- green
- blue
- black
- youth
- young (of people)
huáng- surname Huang or Hwang
huáng- yellow
- pornographic
- to fall through
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
jiē- to receive
- to answer (the phone)
- to meet or welcome sb
- to connect
- to catch
- to join
- to extend
- to take one's turn on duty
- to take over for sb

Other Words Containing 青黄不接

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