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Definition(s) for: 名师出高徒

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
名师出高徒 míng shī chū gāo tú - A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.

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
- - - - 74,811

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
míng- name
- noun (part of speech)
- place (e.g. among winners)
- famous
- classifier for people
shī- surname Shi
shī- teacher
- master
- expert
- model
- army division
- (old) troops
- to dispatch troops
chū- to go out; to come out
- to arise; to occur
- to produce; to yield
- to go beyond; to exceed
- (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
- classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
chū- variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
gāo- surname Gao
gāo- high
- tall
- above average
- loud
- your (honorific)
- surname Tu
- disciple; apprentice; believer
- on foot
- bare; empty
- to no avail
- only
- prison sentence

Other Words Containing 名师出高徒

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo