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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 兵临城下

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
兵临城下 bīng lín chéng xià - soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture

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
- - 67,478 58,429 51,119

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
bīng- soldiers
- a force
- an army
- weapons
- arms
- military
- warlike
- CL:個|个[ge4]
lín- to face
- to overlook
- to arrive
- to be (just) about to
- just before
chéng- city walls
- city
- town
- CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
xià- down
- downwards
- below
- lower
- later
- next (week etc)
- second (of two parts)
- to decline
- to go down
- to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
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Other Words Containing 兵临城下

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
兵临城下 - - 67,478 58,429 51,119