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Definition(s) for: 有生之年

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
有生之年 yǒu shēng zhī nián - (idiom) during one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years

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
- - 15,938 26,285 13,424

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yǒu- to have; there is
- (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3yi4] intentional)
shēng- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
- student
zhī- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
- him
- her
- it
nián- surname Nian
nián- year
- CL:個|个[ge4]
nián- grain
- harvest (old)
- variant of 年[nian2]

Other Words Containing 有生之年

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
有生之年 - - 15,938 26,285 13,424