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Definition(s) for: 趋吉避凶

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
趋吉避凶 qū jí bì xiōng - to seek luck and avoid calamity (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
- - - - 66,796

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- to hasten
- to hurry
- to walk fast
- to approach
- to tend towards
- to converge
- surname Ji
- abbr. for Jilin 吉林省[Ji2lin2 Sheng3]
- lucky
- giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
- to avoid
- to shun
- to flee
- to escape
- to keep away from
- to leave
- to hide from
xiōng- vicious
- fierce
- ominous
- inauspicious
- famine
- variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]
xiōng- terrible
- fearful

Other Words Containing 趋吉避凶

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo