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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 山高水长
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 山高水长 | shān gāo shuǐ cháng | - high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom); fig. noble and far-reaching |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | 70,621 |
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 |
| 高 | gāo | - surname Gao |
| 高 | gāo | - high - tall - above average - loud - your (honorific) |
| 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 |
| 长 | cháng | - length - long - forever - always - constantly |
| 长 | zhǎng | - chief - head - elder - to grow - to develop - to increase - to enhance |
Other Words Containing 山高水长
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 |
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