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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 青黄不接
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 青黄不接 | qīng huáng bù jiē | - lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom); the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop - temporary deficit in manpower or resources - unable to make ends meet |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 44,087 | 52,867 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 青 | qīng | - abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province |
| 青 | qīng | - green - blue - black - youth - young (of people) |
| 黄 | huáng | - surname Huang or Hwang |
| 黄 | huáng | - yellow - pornographic - to fall through |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 接 | jiē | - to receive - to answer (the phone) - to meet or welcome sb - to connect - to catch - to join - to extend - to take one's turn on duty - to take over for sb |
Other Words Containing 青黄不接
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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