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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 名垂青史
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 名垂青史 | míng chuí qīng shǐ | - lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 31,072 | 82,397 | 69,897 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 名 | míng | - name - noun (part of speech) - place (e.g. among winners) - famous - classifier for people |
| 垂 | chuí | - to hang (down) - droop - dangle - bend down - hand down - bequeath - nearly - almost - to approach |
| 青 | qīng | - abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province |
| 青 | qīng | - green - blue - black - youth - young (of people) |
| 史 | shǐ | - surname Shi |
| 史 | shǐ | - history - annals - title of an official historian in ancient China |
Other Words Containing 名垂青史
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 名垂青史 | - | - | 31,072 | 82,397 | 69,897 |