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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 卷 | juǎn | - to roll up - roll - classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc) |
| 卷 | juàn | - scroll - book - volume - chapter - examination paper - classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll |
| 卷 | juǎn | - to roll up - to sweep up; to carry along - a roll - classifier for rolls, spools etc |
| 土 | tǔ | - Tu (ethnic group) - surname Tu |
| 土 | tǔ | - earth - dust - clay - local - indigenous - crude opium - unsophisticated - one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] |
| 重 | chóng | - to repeat - repetition - again - re- - classifier: layer |
| 重 | zhòng | - heavy - serious - to attach importance to |
| 来 | 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 卷土重来 | - | - | 15,871 | 24,083 | 28,529 |