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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 班门弄斧
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 班门弄斧 | bān mén nòng fǔ | - to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom) |
List Ranking for: 班门弄斧
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 51,317 | 73,584 | 57,734 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 班 | bān | - surname Ban |
| 班 | bān | - team; class; grade - (military) squad - work shift - CL:個|个[ge4] - classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles |
| 门 | mén | - surname Men |
| 门 | mén | - gate - door - CL:扇[shan4] - gateway - doorway - CL:個|个[ge4] - opening - valve - switch - way to do something - knack - family - house - (religious) sect - school (of thought) - class - category - phylum or division (taxonomy) - classifier for large guns - classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology - (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
| 弄 | lòng | - lane - alley |
| 弄 | nòng | - to do - to manage - to handle - to play with - to fool with - to mess with - to fix - to toy with |
| 弄 | nòng | - old variant of 弄[nong4] |
| 弄 | lòng | - variant of 弄[long4] |
| 斧 | fǔ | - hatchet |
Other Words Containing 班门弄斧
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 (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 班门弄斧 | - | - | 51,317 | 73,584 | 57,734 |