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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 招兵买马
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 招兵买马 | zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ | - lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) - fig. to raise an army; to recruit new staff |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 38,132 | 45,366 | 48,573 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 招 | zhāo | - to recruit - to provoke - to beckon - to incur - to infect - contagious - a move (chess) - a maneuver - device - trick - to confess |
| 兵 | bīng | - soldiers - a force - an army - weapons - arms - military - warlike - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 买 | mǎi | - to buy - to purchase |
| 马 | mǎ | - surname Ma - abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3lai2xi1ya4] |
| 马 | mǎ | - horse - CL:匹[pi3] - horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess - knight in Western chess |
Other Words Containing 招兵买马
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 招兵买马 | - | - | 38,132 | 45,366 | 48,573 |