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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 寅吃卯粮
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 寅吃卯粮 | yín chī mǎo liáng | - lit. eating away next year's food in advance - fig. to dip into the next month's check - live now, pay later |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 83,878 | 81,638 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 寅 | yín | - 3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger - ancient Chinese compass point: 60° |
| 吃 | chī | - to eat; to consume - to eat at (a cafeteria etc) - to eradicate; to destroy - to absorb - to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) |
| 吃 | chī | - variant of 吃[chi1] |
| 卯 | mǎo | - mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon) - 4th earthly branch: 5-7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March-4th April), Year of the Rabbit - ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east) - (coll.) to concentrate one's strength (variant of 鉚|铆[mao3]) |
| 卯 | mǎo | - variant of 卯[mao3] |
| 卯 | mǎo | - old variant of 卯[mao3] |
| 粮 | liáng | - grain - food - provisions - agricultural tax paid in grain |
Other Words Containing 寅吃卯粮
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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