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Definition(s) for: 背水一战

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
背水一战 bèi shuǐ yī zhàn - lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die

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
- - 35,223 39,101 47,402

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
bēi- to be burdened
- to carry on the back or shoulder
bèi- the back of a body or object
- to turn one's back
- to hide something from
- to learn by heart
- to recite from memory
- (slang) unlucky
- hard of hearing
bēi- variant of 背[bei1]
shuǐ- surname Shui
shuǐ- water
- (after a name) ... River
- to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4])
- (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
- (bound form) additional cost; extra income
- classifier for washings of a garment
- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
zhàn- to fight
- fight
- war
- battle

Other Words Containing 背水一战

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
背水一战 - - 35,223 39,101 47,402