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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 光阴荏苒
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 光阴荏苒 | guāng yīn - rěn rǎn | - (idiom) How time flies! |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 88,649 | 57,119 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 光 | guāng | - light; ray (CL:道[dao4]) - bright; shiny - only; merely - used up; finished - to leave (a part of the body) uncovered |
| 阴 | yīn | - surname Yin |
| 阴 | yīn | - overcast (weather) - cloudy - shady - Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) - negative (electric.) - feminine - moon - implicit - hidden - genitalia |
| 阴 | yīn | - variant of 陰|阴[yin1] |
| 荏 | rěn | - beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens) - soft - weak |
| 苒 | rǎn | - luxuriant growth - passing (of time) |
Other Words Containing 光阴荏苒
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 |
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