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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 乘人之危

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
乘人之危 chéng rén zhī wēi - to take advantage of sb's precarious position

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
- 9 71,536 72,368 56,369

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chéng- surname Cheng
chéng- to ride
- to mount
- to make use of
- to avail oneself of
- to take advantage of
- to multiply (math.)
- Buddhist sect or creed
shèng- (archaic) four horse military chariot
- (archaic) four
- generic term for history books
chéng- old variant of 乘[cheng2]
rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
zhī- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
- him
- her
- it
wēi- surname Wei
wēi- danger
- to endanger
- Taiwan pr. [wei2]

Other Words Containing 乘人之危

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
乘人之危 - 9 71,536 72,368 56,369