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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 藕断丝连
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 藕断丝连 | ǒu duàn sī lián | - lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 67,709 | 39,774 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 藕 | ǒu | - root of lotus |
| 断 | 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 |
| 丝 | sī | - silk - thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips - classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc |
| 连 | lián | - surname Lian |
| 连 | lián | - to link - to join - to connect - continuously - in succession - including - (used with 也[ye3], 都[dou1] etc) even - company (military) |
Other Words Containing 藕断丝连
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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