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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 坐而论道
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 坐而论道 | zuò ér lùn dào | - to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 83,221 | 75,207 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 坐 | zuò | - surname Zuo |
| 坐 | zuò | - to sit - to take a seat - to take (a bus, airplane etc) - to bear fruit - variant of 座[zuo4] |
| 而 | ér | - and - as well as - and so - but (not) - yet (not) - (indicates causal relation) - (indicates change of state) - (indicates contrast) |
| 论 | lún | - abbr. for 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], The Analects (of Confucius) |
| 论 | lùn | - opinion - view - theory - doctrine - to discuss - to talk about - to regard - to consider - per - by the (kilometer, hour etc) |
| 道 | dào | - road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) - (bound form) way; reason; principle - (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization - (Daoism) the Way; the Dao - to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) - (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) - classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process - (old) circuit (administrative division) |
Other Words Containing 坐而论道
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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