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Definition(s) for: 厚德载物

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
厚德载物 hòu dé zài wù - with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)

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
- - - 71,837 43,730

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
hòu- thick
- deep or profound
- kind
- generous
- rich or strong in flavor
- to favor
- to stress
- Germany
- German
- abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]
- virtue
- goodness
- morality
- ethics
- kindness
- favor
- character
- kind
- variant of 德[de2]
- variant of 德[de2]
zǎi- to record in writing
- to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc)
- Taiwan pr. [zai4]
- year
zài- to carry
- to convey
- to load
- to hold
- to fill up
- and
- also
- as well as
- simultaneously
- (bound form) thing
- (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself

Other Words Containing 厚德载物

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