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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 韬光养晦
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 韬光养晦 | tāo guāng yǎng huì | - to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom) - to hide one's light under a bushel |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 75,952 | 48,917 | 25,735 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 韬 | tāo | - bow case or scabbard - to hide - military strategy |
| 光 | guāng | - light; ray (CL:道[dao4]) - bright; shiny - only; merely - used up; finished - to leave (a part of the body) uncovered |
| 养 | yǎng | - to raise (animals) - to bring up (children) - to keep (pets) - to support - to give birth |
| 晦 | huì | - (bound form) last day of a lunar month - (bound form) dark; gloomy - (literary) night |
Other Words Containing 韬光养晦
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 韬光养晦 | - | - | 75,952 | 48,917 | 25,735 |