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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 断弦

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
断弦 duàn xián - widowed
- lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony

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
- - - 89,545 71,005

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
duàn- to break
- to snap
- to cut off
- to give up or abstain from sth
- to judge
- (usu. used in the negative) absolutely
- definitely
- decidedly
xián- bow string
- string of musical instrument
- watchspring
- chord (segment of curve)
- hypotenuse
- CL:根[gen1]

Other Words Containing 断弦

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