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Definition(s) for: 乘风破浪

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
乘风破浪 chéng fēng pò làng - to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions

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
- - 38,776 50,187 43,374

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]
fēng- wind
- news
- style
- custom
- manner
- CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
- broken
- damaged
- worn out
- lousy
- rotten
- to break, split or cleave
- to get rid of
- to destroy
- to break with
- to defeat
- to capture (a city etc)
- to expose the truth of
làng- wave
- breaker
- unrestrained
- dissipated
- to stroll
- to ramble

Other Words Containing 乘风破浪

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
乘风破浪 - - 38,776 50,187 43,374