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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 名垂千古

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)

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
- - 57,848 - 83,479

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
míng- name
- noun (part of speech)
- place (e.g. among winners)
- famous
- classifier for people
chuí- to hang (down)
- droop
- dangle
- bend down
- hand down
- bequeath
- nearly
- almost
- to approach
qiān- thousand
qiān- used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1qian1]
- surname Gu
- ancient
- old
- paleo-

Other Words Containing 名垂千古

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