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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 一去不复返

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
一去不复返 yī qù bù fù fǎn - gone forever

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
- - 16,891 26,826 15,319

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
一 yī- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
去 qù- to go
- to go to (a place)
- (of a time etc) last
- just passed
- to send
- to remove
- to get rid of
- to reduce
- to be apart from in space or time
- to die (euphemism)
- to play (a part)
- (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
- (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
- (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
不 bù- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
复 fù- to go and return
- to return
- to resume
- to return to a normal or original state
- to repeat
- again
- to recover
- to restore
- to turn over
- to reply
- to answer
- to reply to a letter
- to retaliate
- to carry out
复 fù- to repeat
- to double
- to overlap
- complex (not simple)
- compound
- composite
- double
- diplo-
- duplicate
- overlapping
- to duplicate
复 fù- variant of 復|复[fu4]
- to reply to a letter
返 fǎn- to return (to)

Other Words Containing 一去不复返

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
一去不复返 - - 16,891 26,826 15,319