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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 来龙去脉
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 来龙去脉 | lái lóng qù mài | - lit. the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom) - fig. the whole sequence of events; causes and effects |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 8 | 15,449 | 29,885 | 35,923 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 来 | lái | - to come - (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) - hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) - ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) - for the past (amount of time) - (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) - (between two verbs) in order to - (after a round number) approximately - (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) |
| 龙 | lóng | - surname Long |
| 龙 | lóng | - Chinese dragon; loong - (fig.) emperor - dragon - (bound form) dinosaur |
| 去 | qù | - to go - to go to (a place) - (of a time etc) last - just passed - to send - to remove - to get rid of - to reduce - to be apart from in space or time - to die (euphemism) - to play (a part) - (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth - (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) - (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) |
| 脉 | mài | - old variant of 脈|脉[mai4] |
| 脉 | mài | - arteries and veins - vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc) |
| 脉 | mò | - see 脈脈|脉脉[mo4 mo4] |
| 脉 | mài | - variant of 脈|脉[mai4] |
Other Words Containing 来龙去脉
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 来龙去脉 | - | 8 | 15,449 | 29,885 | 35,923 |