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Definition(s) for: 乐极生悲

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
乐极生悲 lè jí shēng bēi - extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!

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
- - 54,933 55,485 28,438

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- surname Le
yuè- surname Yue
lào- used in place names
- happy
- cheerful
- to laugh
yuè- music
- extremely
- pole (geography, physics)
- utmost
- top
shēng- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
- student
bēi- sad
- sadness
- sorrow
- grief

Other Words Containing 乐极生悲

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
乐极生悲 - - 54,933 55,485 28,438