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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 小不忍则乱大谋
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 小不忍则乱大谋 | xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu | - (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 81,659 | 42,372 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 小 | xiǎo | - small - tiny - few - young |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 忍 | rěn | - to bear - to endure - to tolerate - to restrain oneself |
| 则 | zé | - (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then - (bound form) standard; norm - (bound form) principle - (literary) to imitate; to follow - classifier for written items |
| 乱 | luàn | - in confusion or disorder - in a confused state of mind - disorder - upheaval - riot - illicit sexual relations - to throw into disorder - to mix up - indiscriminate - random - arbitrary |
| 大 | dà | - big; large; great - older (than another person) - eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) - greatly; freely; fully - (dialect) father - (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 | dài | - see 大夫[dai4 fu5] |
| 谋 | móu | - to plan - to seek - scheme |
Other Words Containing 小不忍则乱大谋
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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