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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 颐养天年
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 颐养天年 | yí yǎng tiān nián | - lit. to nurture one's years (idiom) - fig. to enjoy one's later years |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 71,354 | 73,885 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 颐 | yí | - (literary) chin; jaw - (literary) to foster; to nurture; to protect |
| 养 | yǎng | - to raise (animals) - to bring up (children) - to keep (pets) - to support - to give birth |
| 天 | tiān | - day - sky - heaven |
| 年 | nián | - surname Nian |
| 年 | nián | - year - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 年 | nián | - grain - harvest (old) - variant of 年[nian2] |
Other Words Containing 颐养天年
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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