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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 乏善可陈
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 乏善可陈 | fá shàn - kě chén | - (idiom) to be nothing to write home about |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 48,594 | 52,085 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 乏 | fá | - short of - tired |
| 善 | shàn | - good (virtuous) - benevolent - well-disposed - good at sth - to improve or perfect |
| 可 | kě | - (prefix) can; may; able to; -able - to approve; to permit - to suit - (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very - but; however |
| 可 | kè | - used in 可汗[ke4 han2] |
| 陈 | chén | - surname Chen - Chen (c. 1045 - 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state - Chen (557-589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2] |
| 陈 | chén | - (bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display - (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell - old; stale |
Other Words Containing 乏善可陈
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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