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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
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
qīng- abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province
qīng- green
- blue
- black
- youth
- young (of people)
shǐ- surname Shi
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