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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 死马当活马医
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 死马当活马医 | sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī | - lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom) - fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | 78,578 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 死 | sǐ | - to die - impassable - uncrossable - inflexible - rigid - extremely - damned |
| 马 | mǎ | - surname Ma - abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3lai2xi1ya4] |
| 马 | mǎ | - horse - CL:匹[pi3] - horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess - knight in Western chess |
| 当 | dāng | - (onom.) dong - ding dong (bell) |
| 当 | dāng | - to be - to act as - manage - withstand - when - during - ought - should - match equally - equal - same - obstruct - just at (a time or place) - on the spot - right - just at |
| 当 | dàng | - at or in the very same... - suitable - adequate - fitting - proper - to replace - to regard as - to think - to pawn - (coll.) to fail (a student) |
| 活 | huó | - to live - alive - living - work - workmanship |
| 马 | mǎ | - surname Ma - abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3lai2xi1ya4] |
| 马 | mǎ | - horse - CL:匹[pi3] - horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess - knight in Western chess |
| 医 | yī | - medical - medicine - doctor - to cure - to treat |
Other Words Containing 死马当活马医
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| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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