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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 哀鸿遍野
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 哀鸿遍野 | aī hóng biàn yě | - lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims - starving people fill the land |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 90,576 | 60,943 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 哀 | aī | - Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Li2] |
| 哀 | aī | - (bound form) sorrow; grief; pity - (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole |
| 鸿 | hóng | - eastern bean goose - great - large |
| 遍 | biàn | - everywhere - all over - classifier for actions: one time |
| 遍 | biàn | - variant of 遍[bian4] |
| 野 | yě | - field - plain - open space - limit - boundary - rude - feral |
| 野 | yě | - old variant of 野[ye3] |
| 野 | yě | - erroneous variant of 野[ye3] |
Other Words Containing 哀鸿遍野
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 |
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