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Chinese Character/Word:
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 曝 | bào | - used in 曝光[bao4guang1] - Taiwan pr. [pu4] |
| 曝 | pù | - to air - to sun |
| 十 | shí | - ten - 10 |
| 寒 | hán | - cold - poor - to tremble |
Other Words Containing 一曝十寒
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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