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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 临阵磨枪
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 临阵磨枪 | lín zhèn - mó qiāng | - lit. to sharpen one's spear only before going into battle (idiom) - fig. to make preparations only at the last moment |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 36,764 | 84,706 | 56,674 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 临 | lín | - to face - to overlook - to arrive - to be (just) about to - just before |
| 阵 | zhèn | - disposition of troops - wave - spate - burst - spell - short period of time - classifier for events or states of short duration |
| 磨 | mó | - to rub - to grind - to polish - to sharpen - to wear down - to die out - to waste time - to pester - to insist |
| 磨 | mò | - grindstone - to grind - to turn round |
| 枪 | qiāng | - surname Qiang |
| 枪 | qiāng | - gun - firearm - rifle - spear - thing with shape or function similar to a gun - CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],桿|杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1] - to substitute for another person in a test - to knock - classifier for rifle shots |
| 枪 | qiāng | - variant of 槍|枪[qiang1] - rifle - spear |
Other Words Containing 临阵磨枪
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 临阵磨枪 | - | - | 36,764 | 84,706 | 56,674 |