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Definition(s) for: 天马行空

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
天马行空 tiān mǎ xíng kōng - like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom)
- (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative
- unconstrained in style

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
- - 30,698 31,704 18,283

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
tiān- day
- sky
- heaven
- surname Ma
- abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3lai2xi1ya4]
- horse
- CL:匹[pi3]
- horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
- knight in Western chess
háng- (bound form) row; line
- (bound form) line of business; trade; profession
- (bound form) commercial firm
- (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
- (in data tables) row; (Tw) column
- classifier for rows or lines
héng- used in 道行[dao4heng2]
xíng- (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel
- (literary) trip; journey; visit
- (bound form) temporary; makeshift
- (bound form) current; in circulation
- (bound form) to do; to perform
- capable; competent
- all right; OK!; will do
- behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4])
- (literary) about to; soon
kōng- empty
- air
- sky
- in vain
kòng- to empty
- vacant
- unoccupied
- space
- leisure
- free time

Other Words Containing 天马行空

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
天马行空 - - 30,698 31,704 18,283