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Definition(s) for: 横空出世

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
横空出世 héng kōng chū shì - (idiom) to come to the fore in spectacular fashion; to emerge from obscurity to achieve great success

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
- - 45,006 30,841 26,059

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
héng- horizontal
- across
- crosswise
- horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters)
- to place (sth) flat (on a surface)
- to cross (a river, etc)
- in a jumble
- chaotic
- (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable
- violent
hèng- harsh and unreasonable
- unexpected
kōng- empty
- air
- sky
- in vain
kòng- to empty
- vacant
- unoccupied
- space
- leisure
- free time
chū- to go out; to come out
- to arise; to occur
- to produce; to yield
- to go beyond; to exceed
- (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
- classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
chū- variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
shì- surname Shi
shì- life
- age
- generation
- era
- world
- lifetime
- epoch
- descendant
- noble

Other Words Containing 横空出世

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
横空出世 - - 45,006 30,841 26,059