Chinese word dictionary

受益匪浅

shòuyì-fěiqiǎn · to benefit (from)

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Word information

Simplified受益匪浅

Traditional受益匪淺

Pinyinshòuyì-fěiqiǎn

Part of speechGeneral

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

受shòu

to receive, to get, to accept; to bear

益yì

to profit, to benefit; advantage

匪fěi

bandits, robbers, gangsters

浅qiǎn

shallow, superficial

How to learn 受益匪浅

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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受shòu

to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom

受到shòudào

to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)

感受gǎnshòu

to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience

接受jiēshòu

to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce

难受nánshòu

to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear

受不了shòubuliǎo

unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand