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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 平步青云

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
平步青云 píng bù qīng yún - to rapidly go up in the world
- meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)

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
- - 25,876 58,116 35,678

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
píng- surname Ping
píng- flat
- level
- equal
- to tie (make the same score)
- to draw (score)
- calm
- peaceful
- abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]
- surname Bu
- a step
- a pace
- walk
- march
- stages in a process
- situation
qīng- abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province
qīng- green
- blue
- black
- youth
- young (of people)
yún- (classical) to say
yún- surname Yun
- abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2nan2 Sheng3]
yún- cloud
- CL:朵[duo3]

Other Words Containing 平步青云

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
平步青云 - - 25,876 58,116 35,678