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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 毁于一旦

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
毁于一旦 huǐ yú yī dàn - (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve)

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
- - 19,742 43,508 40,612

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
huǐ- to destroy; to ruin
- to defame; to slander
huǐ- to destroy by fire
huǐ- variant of 毀|毁[hui3]
- to defame
- to slander
- surname Yu
- to go
- to take
- sentence-final interrogative particle
- variant of 於|于[yu2]
- (of time or place) in; at; on
- (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for
- (indicating a source) from; out of
- (used in comparison) than
- (used in the passive voice) by
- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
dàn- (literary) dawn; daybreak
- dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)

Other Words Containing 毁于一旦

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
毁于一旦 - - 19,742 43,508 40,612