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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 雁过拔毛
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 雁过拔毛 | yàn guò bá máo | - lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose - fig. to seize any opportunity - pragmatic |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 99,416 | 67,642 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 雁 | yàn | - wild goose |
| 雁 | yàn | - variant of 雁[yan4] |
| 过 | guō | - surname Guo |
| 过 | guò | - to cross - to go over - to pass (time) - to celebrate (a holiday) - to live - to get along - excessively - too- |
| 过 | guo | - (experienced action marker) |
| 拔 | bá | - to pull up - to pull out - to draw out by suction - to select - to pick - to stand out (above level) - to surpass - to seize |
| 毛 | máo | - surname Mao |
| 毛 | máo | - hair - feather - down - wool - mildew - mold - coarse or semifinished - young - raw - careless - unthinking - nervous - scared - (of currency) to devalue or depreciate - classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]) |
Other Words Containing 雁过拔毛
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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