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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 兴师动众

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
兴师动众 xīng shī dòng zhòng - to muster large forces
- to get a great number of people involved (in carrying out some task)

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
- - 32,365 54,695 59,319

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xīng- surname Xing
xīng- to rise
- to flourish
- to become popular
- to start
- to encourage
- to get up
- (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect)
- maybe (dialect)
xìng- feeling or desire to do sth
- interest in sth
- excitement
shī- surname Shi
shī- teacher
- master
- expert
- model
- army division
- (old) troops
- to dispatch troops
dòng- (of sth) to move
- to set in movement
- to displace
- to touch
- to make use of
- to stir (emotions)
- to alter
- abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb
zhòng- abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives
zhòng- (bound form) crowd; multitude
- (bound form) many; numerous
zhòng- variant of 眾|众[zhong4]

Other Words Containing 兴师动众

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
兴师动众 - - 32,365 54,695 59,319