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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 短兵相接
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 短兵相接 | duǎn bīng xiāng jiē | - lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat - to fight at close quarters |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 39,875 | 48,044 | 70,643 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 短 | duǎn | - short - brief - to lack - weak point - fault |
| 兵 | bīng | - soldiers - a force - an army - weapons - arms - military - warlike - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 相 | xiāng | - surname Xiang |
| 相 | xiāng | - each other - one another - mutually - fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3]) |
| 相 | xiàng | - appearance - portrait - picture - government minister - (physics) phase - (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) - to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) |
| 接 | jiē | - to receive - to answer (the phone) - to meet or welcome sb - to connect - to catch - to join - to extend - to take one's turn on duty - to take over for sb |
Other Words Containing 短兵相接
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 短兵相接 | - | - | 39,875 | 48,044 | 70,643 |