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Chinese Character/Word:
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 乘 | chéng | - surname Cheng |
| 乘 | chéng | - to ride - to mount - to make use of - to avail oneself of - to take advantage of - to multiply (math.) - Buddhist sect or creed |
| 乘 | shèng | - (archaic) four horse military chariot - (archaic) four - generic term for history books |
| 乘 | chéng | - old variant of 乘[cheng2] |
| 风 | fēng | - wind - news - style - custom - manner - CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1] |
| 破 | pò | - 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 |
| 浪 | làng | - wave - breaker - unrestrained - dissipated - to stroll - to ramble |
Other Words Containing 乘风破浪
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 乘风破浪 | - | - | 38,776 | 50,187 | 43,374 |