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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 朽木不可雕
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 朽木不可雕 | xiǔ mù bù kě diāo | - lit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom) - fig. you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | 76,042 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 朽 | xiǔ | - rotten |
| 木 | mù | - surname Mu |
| 木 | mù | - (bound form) tree - (bound form) wood - unresponsive; numb; wooden |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 可 | kě | - (prefix) can; may; able to; -able - to approve; to permit - to suit - (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very - but; however |
| 可 | kè | - used in 可汗[ke4 han2] |
| 雕 | diāo | - to carve - to engrave - shrewd - bird of prey |
| 雕 | diāo | - variant of 雕[diao1], to engrave |
| 雕 | diāo | - bird of prey |
Other Words Containing 朽木不可雕
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| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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