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Definition(s) for: 劫后余生

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
劫后余生 jié hòu yú shēng - (idiom) to be a survivor of a calamity

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 62,997 54,548

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jié- to rob
- to plunder
- to seize by force
- to coerce
- calamity
- abbr. for kalpa 劫波[jie2 bo1]
jié- variant of 劫[jie2]
jié- variant of 劫[jie2]
jié- variant of 劫[jie2]
hòu- surname Hou
hòu- empress
- queen
- (archaic) monarch
- ruler
hòu- back
- behind
- rear
- afterwards
- after
- later
- post-
- surname Yu
- (literary) I; me
- variant of 餘|余[yu2]
- extra
- surplus
- remaining
- remainder after division
- (following numerical value) or more
- in excess of (some number)
- residue (math.)
- after
- I
- me
shēng- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
- student

Other Words Containing 劫后余生

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo