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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 死路

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
死路 sǐ lù - dead end
- (fig.) the road to disaster

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
- - 15,638 49,887 32,798

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
死 sǐ- to die
- impassable
- uncrossable
- inflexible
- rigid
- extremely
- damned
路 lù- surname Lu
路 lù- road (CL:條|条[tiao2])
- journey
- route
- line (bus etc)
- sort; kind

Other Words Containing 死路

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
死路一条 - - 13,401 35,813 26,874
死路 - - 15,638 49,887 32,798