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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 行百里者半九十
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 行百里者半九十 | xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí | - lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom) - fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets - a task is not done until it's done |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | 84,919 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 行 | háng | - (bound form) row; line - (bound form) line of business; trade; profession - (bound form) commercial firm - (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) - (in data tables) row; (Tw) column - classifier for rows or lines |
| 行 | héng | - used in 道行[dao4heng2] |
| 行 | xíng | - (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel - (literary) trip; journey; visit - (bound form) temporary; makeshift - (bound form) current; in circulation - (bound form) to do; to perform - capable; competent - all right; OK!; will do - behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]) - (literary) about to; soon |
| 百 | bǎi | - surname Bai |
| 百 | bǎi | - hundred - numerous - all kinds of |
| 里 | lǐ | - Li (surname) |
| 里 | lǐ | - li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m - neighborhood - ancient administrative unit of 25 families - (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels |
| 里 | lǐ | - variant of 裡|里[li3] |
| 里 | lǐ | - lining - interior - inside - internal - also written 裏|里[li3] |
| 者 | zhě | - (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... - (after a noun) person involved in ... - -er - -ist - (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) - (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) - (old) (used at the end of a command) - (old) this |
| 半 | bàn | - half - semi- - incomplete - (after a number) and a half |
| 九 | jiǔ | - nine - 9 |
| 十 | shí | - ten - 10 |
Other Words Containing 行百里者半九十
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| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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