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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 卷土重来

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
卷土重来 juǎn tǔ chóng lái - lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
- fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
- to make a comeback

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
- - 15,871 24,083 28,529

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
juǎn- to roll up
- roll
- classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
juàn- scroll
- book
- volume
- chapter
- examination paper
- classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
juǎn- to roll up
- to sweep up; to carry along
- a roll
- classifier for rolls, spools etc
- Tu (ethnic group)
- surname Tu
- earth
- dust
- clay
- local
- indigenous
- crude opium
- unsophisticated
- one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
chóng- to repeat
- repetition
- again
- re-
- classifier: layer
zhòng- heavy
- serious
- to attach importance to
lái- to come
- (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
- hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5])
- ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2])
- for the past (amount of time)
- (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4])
- (between two verbs) in order to
- (after a round number) approximately
- (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2])

Other Words Containing 卷土重来

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
卷土重来 - - 15,871 24,083 28,529