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Definition(s) for: 垂暮之年

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
垂暮之年 chuí mù zhī nián - old age

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
- - 62,633 - 108,175

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chuí- to hang (down)
- droop
- dangle
- bend down
- hand down
- bequeath
- nearly
- almost
- to approach
- evening
- sunset
zhī- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
- him
- her
- it
nián- surname Nian
nián- year
- CL:個|个[ge4]
nián- grain
- harvest (old)
- variant of 年[nian2]

Other Words Containing 垂暮之年

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
垂暮之年 - - 62,633 - 108,175