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下问
xià​wèn

to learn from inferiors

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
下问 下問 xià​wèn
to learn from inferiors
to ask advice or learn from people who are younger, have lower status, or have less experience than oneself; often used in the idiom 不耻下问 bù​chǐ​xià​wèn

Frequency

Written text
0.323 per million

Cross-References

See

  • 不耻下问 bù​chǐ​xià​wèn

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)