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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 灵药

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
灵药 líng yào - legendary magic potion of immortals
- panacea
- fig. wonder solution to a problem

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
- - 27,192 35,113 38,515

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
líng- quick
- alert
- efficacious
- effective
- to come true
- spirit
- departed soul
- coffin
yào- leaf of the iris
- variant of 藥|药[yao4]
yào- medicine
- drug
- substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
- CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]
- to poison

Other Words Containing 灵药

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
灵药 - - 27,192 35,113 38,515