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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 无风不起浪
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 无风不起浪 | wú fēng bù qǐ làng | - lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason - no smoke without fire |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 84,072 | 53,903 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 无 | mó | - used in 南無|南无[na1mo2] |
| 无 | wú | - not to have - no - none - not - to lack - un- - -less |
| 风 | fēng | - wind - news - style - custom - manner - CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1] |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 起 | qǐ | - to rise - to raise - to get up - to set out - to start - to appear - to launch - to initiate (action) - to draft - to establish - to get (from a depot or counter) - verb suffix, to start - starting from (a time, place, price etc) - classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance - classifier for groups: batch, group |
| 浪 | làng | - wave - breaker - unrestrained - dissipated - to stroll - to ramble |
Other Words Containing 无风不起浪
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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