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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 炉火纯青
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 炉火纯青 | lú huǒ - chún qīng | - lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) - fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 38,485 | 40,642 | 36,113 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 炉 | lú | - stove - furnace |
| 炉 | lú | - variant of 爐|炉[lu2] |
| 火 | huǒ | - surname Huo |
| 火 | huǒ | - fire - urgent - ammunition - fiery or flaming - internal heat (Chinese medicine) - hot (popular) - classifier for military units (old) - Kangxi radical 86 |
| 纯 | chún | - pure - simple - unmixed - genuine |
| 青 | qīng | - abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province |
| 青 | qīng | - green - blue - black - youth - young (of people) |
Other Words Containing 炉火纯青
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 炉火纯青 | - | - | 38,485 | 40,642 | 36,113 |