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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 天荒地老

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
天荒地老 tiān huāng - dì lǎo - (idiom) until the end of time

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
- - 37,765 43,068 16,936

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
tiān- day
- sky
- heaven
huāng- desolate
- shortage
- scarce
- out of practice
- absurd
- uncultivated
- to neglect
de- -ly
- structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- earth
- ground
- field
- place
- land
- CL:片[pian4]
lǎo- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
- old (of people)
- venerable (person)
- experienced
- of long standing
- always
- all the time
- of the past
- very
- outdated
- (of meat etc) tough

Other Words Containing 天荒地老

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
天荒地老 - - 37,765 43,068 16,936