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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 大敌当前
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 大敌当前 | dà dí - dāng qián | - (idiom) to be faced with a formidable enemy |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 61,938 | 67,713 | 57,074 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 大 | dà | - big; large; great - older (than another person) - eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) - greatly; freely; fully - (dialect) father - (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 | dài | - see 大夫[dai4 fu5] |
| 敌 | dí | - (bound form) enemy - (bound form) to be a match for; to rival - (bound form) to resist; to withstand |
| 当 | dāng | - (onom.) dong - ding dong (bell) |
| 当 | dāng | - to be - to act as - manage - withstand - when - during - ought - should - match equally - equal - same - obstruct - just at (a time or place) - on the spot - right - just at |
| 当 | dàng | - at or in the very same... - suitable - adequate - fitting - proper - to replace - to regard as - to think - to pawn - (coll.) to fail (a student) |
| 前 | qián | - front - forward - ahead - first - top (followed by a number) - future - ago - before - BC (e.g. 前293年) - former - formerly |
Other Words Containing 大敌当前
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 大敌当前 | - | - | 61,938 | 67,713 | 57,074 |