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Definition(s) for: 排山倒海

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
排山倒海 pái shān dǎo hǎi - lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering
- fig. gigantic
- of spectacular significance

List Ranking:

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 66,747 36,088 30,621

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
pái- a row
- a line
- to set in order
- to arrange
- to line up
- to eliminate
- to drain
- to push open
- platoon
- raft
- classifier for lines, rows etc
shān- surname Shan
shān- mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4])
- (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
dǎo- to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally
- to fail; to go bankrupt
- to overthrow
- to change (trains or buses)
- to move around
- to resell at a profit
dào- to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
- to pour out
- to tip out; to dump
- inverted; upside down; reversed
- to go backward
- contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
hǎi- surname Hai
hǎi- ocean
- sea
- CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]
- great number of people or things
- (dialect) numerous

Other Words Containing 排山倒海

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
排山倒海 - - 66,747 36,088 30,621