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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 不为五斗米折腰
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | 53,865 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 为 | wéi | - as (in the capacity of) - to take sth as - to act as - to serve as - to behave as - to become - to be - to do - by (in the passive voice) |
| 为 | wèi | - because of - for - to |
| 为 | wéi | - variant of 為|为[wei2] |
| 为 | wèi | - variant of 為|为[wei4] |
| 五 | wǔ | - five - 5 |
| 斗 | dǒu | - abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] |
| 斗 | dǒu | - dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] - decaliter - peck - cup or dipper shaped object - old variant of 陡[dou3] |
| 斗 | dòu | - to fight - to struggle - to condemn - to censure - to contend - to put together - coming together |
| 斗 | dòu | - variant of 鬭|斗[dou4] |
| 斗 | dòu | - variant of 鬥|斗[dou4] |
| 斗 | dòu | - variant of 鬥|斗[dou4] |
| 米 | mǐ | - surname Mi |
| 米 | mǐ | - uncooked rice - meter (unit of length) - (slang) Chinese yuan |
| 折 | shé | - to snap - to break (a stick, a bone etc) - (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) |
| 折 | zhē | - to turn sth over - to turn upside down - to tip sth out (of a container) |
| 折 | zhé | - to break - to fracture - to snap - to suffer loss - to bend - to twist - to turn - to change direction - convinced - to convert into (currency) - discount - rebate - tenth (in price) - classifier for theatrical scenes - to fold - accounts book |
| 折 | zhé | - variant of 折[zhe2] - to fold |
| 腰 | yāo | - the waist and lower back - (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) - the waist of trousers or a skirt - (metonym) money pouch; pocket - (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc) |
Other Words Containing 不为五斗米折腰
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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