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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 生灵涂炭

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
生灵涂炭 shēng líng tú tàn - people are in a terrible situation (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
- - 76,698 74,754 66,391

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
生 shēng- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
- student
灵 líng- quick
- alert
- efficacious
- effective
- to come true
- spirit
- departed soul
- coffin
涂 tú- surname Tu
涂 tú- variant of 途[tu2]
涂 tú- to apply (paint etc)
- to smear
- to daub
- to blot out
- to scribble
- to scrawl
- (literary) mud
- street
炭 tàn- wood charcoal
- coal

Other Words Containing 生灵涂炭

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
生灵涂炭 - - 76,698 74,754 66,391