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Definition(s) for: 时势造英雄

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
时势造英雄 shí shì zào yīng xióng - Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero.

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
- - - 91,665 61,758

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
时 shí- old variant of 時|时[shi2]
时 shí- surname Shi
时 shí- o'clock
- time
- when
- hour
- season
- period
势 shì- power
- influence
- potential
- momentum
- tendency
- trend
- situation
- conditions
- outward appearance
- sign
- gesture
- male genitals
造 zào- to make
- to build
- to manufacture
- to invent
- to fabricate
- to go to
- party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement)
- crop
- classifier for crops
英 yīng- United Kingdom
- British
- England
- English
- abbr. for 英國|英国[Ying1 guo2]
英 yīng- hero
- outstanding
- excellent
- (literary) flower
- blossom
雄 xióng- male
- staminate
- grand
- imposing
- powerful
- mighty
- person or state having great power and influence

Other Words Containing 时势造英雄

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