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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 艰苦朴素
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 艰苦朴素 | jiān kǔ pǔ sù | - leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 43,025 | 53,105 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 艰 | jiān | - difficult - hard - hardship |
| 苦 | kǔ | - bitter - hardship - pain - to suffer - to bring suffering to - painstakingly |
| 朴 | piáo | - surname Piao - Korean surname (Park, Pak or Bak) - also pr. [Pu2] |
| 朴 | pō | - used in 朴刀[po1dao1] |
| 朴 | pò | - Celtis sinensis var. japonica |
| 朴 | pǔ | - plain and simple - Taiwan pr. [pu2] |
| 素 | sù | - raw silk - white - plain, unadorned - vegetarian (food) - essence - nature - element - constituent - usually - always - ever |
Other Words Containing 艰苦朴素
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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