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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 水深火热

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
水深火热 shuǐ shēn huǒ rè - deep water and scorching fire
- abyss of suffering (idiom)

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
- - 18,466 33,349 17,455

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shuǐ- surname Shui
shuǐ- water
- (after a name) ... River
- to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4])
- (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
- (bound form) additional cost; extra income
- classifier for washings of a garment
shēn- deep (lit. and fig.)
shēn- old variant of 深[shen1]
huǒ- surname Huo
huǒ- fire
- urgent
- ammunition
- fiery or flaming
- internal heat (Chinese medicine)
- hot (popular)
- classifier for military units (old)
- Kangxi radical 86
- to warm up
- to heat up
- hot (of weather)
- heat
- fervent

Other Words Containing 水深火热

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
水深火热 - - 18,466 33,349 17,455