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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 山穷水尽
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 山穷水尽 | shān qióng shuǐ jìn | - mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line - nowhere to go |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 36,754 | 49,970 | 33,249 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 山 | shān | - surname Shan |
| 山 | shān | - mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4]) - (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
| 穷 | qióng | - poor - destitute - to use up - to exhaust - thoroughly - extremely - (coll.) persistently and pointlessly |
| 水 | shuǐ | - surname Shui |
| 水 | shuǐ | - water - (after a name) ... River - to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) - (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy - (bound form) additional cost; extra income - classifier for washings of a garment |
| 尽 | jǐn | - to the greatest extent - (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme - to be within the limits of - to give priority to |
| 尽 | jìn | - to use up - to exhaust - to end - to finish - to the utmost - exhausted - finished - to the limit (of sth) - all - entirely |
Other Words Containing 山穷水尽
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 山穷水尽 | - | - | 36,754 | 49,970 | 33,249 |