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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 生不逢时
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 生不逢时 | shēng bù féng shí | - born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate) - born under an unlucky star - ahead of his time |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 88,983 | 59,102 | 38,538 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 生 | shēng | - to be born - to give birth - life - to grow - raw - uncooked - student |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 逢 | féng | - to meet by chance - to come across - (of a calendar event) to come along - (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) - to fawn upon |
| 时 | shí | - old variant of 時|时[shi2] |
| 时 | shí | - surname Shi |
| 时 | shí | - o'clock - time - when - hour - season - period |
Other Words Containing 生不逢时
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 生不逢时 | - | - | 88,983 | 59,102 | 38,538 |