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Definition(s) for: 一曝十寒

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
一曝十寒 yī pù shí hán - one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
- sporadic effort
- lack of sticking power
- short attention span

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
- - - - 84,783

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- 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
bào- used in 曝光[bao4guang1]
- Taiwan pr. [pu4]
- to air
- to sun
shí- ten
- 10
hán- cold
- poor
- to tremble

Other Words Containing 一曝十寒

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo