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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 出师未捷身先死
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 出师未捷身先死 | chū shī wèi jié shēn xiān sǐ | - "he failed to complete his quest before death" (line from the poem "The Premier of Shu" 蜀相[Shu3 xiang4] by Du Fu 杜甫[Du4 Fu3]) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 93,896 | 55,641 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 出 | chū | - to go out; to come out - to arise; to occur - to produce; to yield - to go beyond; to exceed - (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) - classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 出 | chū | - variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
| 师 | shī | - surname Shi |
| 师 | shī | - teacher - master - expert - model - army division - (old) troops - to dispatch troops |
| 未 | wèi | - not yet - did not - have not - not - 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep - ancient Chinese compass point: 210° |
| 捷 | jié | - Czech - Czech Republic - abbr. for 捷克[Jie2 ke4] |
| 捷 | jié | - victory - triumph - quick - nimble - prompt |
| 捷 | jié | - variant of 捷[jie2] - quick - nimble |
| 身 | shēn | - body - life - oneself - personally - one's morality and conduct - the main part of a structure or body - pregnant - classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset - Kangxi radical 158 |
| 先 | xiān | - beforehand; first; earlier - at first; originally - for the time being; for now - (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) |
| 死 | sǐ | - to die - impassable - uncrossable - inflexible - rigid - extremely - damned |
Other Words Containing 出师未捷身先死
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| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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