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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 弱肉强食
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 弱肉强食 | ruò ròu qiáng shí | - lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom) - fig. the law of the jungle |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 28,594 | 48,719 | 34,793 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 弱 | ruò | - weak; feeble - young - inferior; not as good as - (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than |
| 肉 | ròu | - meat - flesh - pulp (of a fruit) - (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy - (of a person) flabby - irresolute - Kangxi radical 130 |
| 强 | qiáng | - surname Qiang |
| 强 | jiàng | - stubborn - unyielding |
| 强 | qiáng | - strong - powerful - better - slightly more than - vigorous - violent - best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2] |
| 强 | qiǎng | - to force - to compel - to strive - to make an effort |
| 强 | jiàng | - variant of 強|强[jiang4] |
| 强 | qiáng | - variant of 強|强[qiang2] |
| 强 | qiǎng | - variant of 強|强[qiang3] |
| 食 | shí | - to eat - food - animal feed - eclipse |
| 食 | sì | - to feed (a person or animal) |
Other Words Containing 弱肉强食
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 弱肉强食 | - | - | 28,594 | 48,719 | 34,793 |