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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 一个巴掌拍不响
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 一个巴掌拍不响 | yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng | - lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) - fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute - it takes two to tango - it's difficult to achieve anything without support |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 74,288 | 36,750 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 一 | yī | - one - single - a (article) - as soon as - entire; whole; all; throughout - "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) - also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 个 | gě | - used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5] |
| 个 | gè | - (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) - (bound form) individual |
| 个 | gè | - variant of 個|个[ge4] |
| 巴 | bā | - Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan) - the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality - surname Ba - abbr. for 巴勒斯坦[Ba1le4si1tan3] (Palestine), 巴基斯坦[Ba1ji1si1tan3] (Pakistan) or 巴西[Ba1xi] (Brazil) |
| 巴 | bā | - to long for - to wish - to cling to - to stick to - sth that sticks - close to - next to - spread open - informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] - bar (unit of pressure) - nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail |
| 掌 | zhǎng | - palm of the hand - sole of the foot - paw - horseshoe - to slap - to hold in one's hand - to wield |
| 拍 | pāi | - to pat - to clap - to slap - to swat - to take (a photo) - to shoot (a film) - racket (sports) - beat (music) |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 响 | xiǎng | - echo - sound - noise - to make a sound - to sound - to ring - loud - classifier for noises |
Other Words Containing 一个巴掌拍不响
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 |
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