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Definition(s) for: 山雨欲来风满楼

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 69,310 61,156

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
雨 yǔ- rain
- CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
雨 yù- (literary) to rain
- (of rain, snow etc) to fall
- to precipitate
- to wet
欲 yù- to wish for
- to desire
- variant of 慾|欲[yu4]
欲 yù- desire
- appetite
- passion
- lust
- greed
来 lái- to come
- (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
- hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5])
- ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2])
- for the past (amount of time)
- (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4])
- (between two verbs) in order to
- (after a round number) approximately
- (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2])
风 fēng- wind
- news
- style
- custom
- manner
- CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
满 mǎn- Manchu ethnic group
满 mǎn- to fill
- full
- filled
- packed
- fully
- completely
- quite
- to reach the limit
- to satisfy
- satisfied
- contented
楼 lóu- surname Lou
楼 lóu- house with more than 1 story
- storied building
- floor
- CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]

Other Words Containing 山雨欲来风满楼

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo