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Definition(s) for: 洪水猛兽

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
洪水猛兽 hóng shuǐ měng shòu - lit. severe floods and fierce beasts (idiom)
- fig. great scourges
- extremely dangerous or threatening things

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
- - 47,328 51,266 47,395

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
洪 hóng- surname Hong
洪 hóng- flood
- big
- great
水 shuǐ- surname Shui
水 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
猛 měng- ferocious
- fierce
- violent
- brave
- suddenly
- abrupt
- (slang) awesome
兽 shòu- beast
- animal
- beastly
- bestial

Other Words Containing 洪水猛兽

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
洪水猛兽 - - 47,328 51,266 47,395