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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 付之一笑

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
付之一笑 fù zhī yī xiào - (idiom) to dismiss sth with a laugh; to laugh it off

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
- - - 98,984 83,007

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- surname Fu
- to pay
- to hand over to
- classifier for pairs or sets of things
zhī- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
- him
- her
- it
- 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
xiào- to laugh; to smile
- to laugh at
xiào- old variant of 笑[xiao4]

Other Words Containing 付之一笑

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