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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 死灰复燃
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 死灰复燃 | sǐ huī fù rán | - lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence - sth malevolent returns to haunt one |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 37,743 | 35,793 | 50,675 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 死 | sǐ | - to die - impassable - uncrossable - inflexible - rigid - extremely - damned |
| 灰 | huī | - ash - dust - lime - gray - discouraged; dejected |
| 复 | fù | - to go and return - to return - to resume - to return to a normal or original state - to repeat - again - to recover - to restore - to turn over - to reply - to answer - to reply to a letter - to retaliate - to carry out |
| 复 | fù | - to repeat - to double - to overlap - complex (not simple) - compound - composite - double - diplo- - duplicate - overlapping - to duplicate |
| 复 | fù | - variant of 復|复[fu4] - to reply to a letter |
| 燃 | rán | - to burn - to ignite - to light - fig. to spark off (hopes) - to start (debate) - to raise (hopes) |
Other Words Containing 死灰复燃
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 死灰复燃 | - | - | 37,743 | 35,793 | 50,675 |