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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 走马灯
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 走马灯 | zǒu mǎ dēng | - lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2] - (fig.) revolving door; musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 97,197 | 53,865 | 62,123 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 走 | zǒu | - to walk - to go - to run - to move (of vehicle) - to visit - to leave - to go away - to die (euph.) - from - through - away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) - to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 马 | mǎ | - surname Ma - abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3lai2xi1ya4] |
| 马 | mǎ | - horse - CL:匹[pi3] - horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess - knight in Western chess |
| 灯 | dēng | - lamp - light - lantern - CL:盞|盏[zhan3] |
Other Words Containing 走马灯
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 走马灯 | - | - | 97,197 | 53,865 | 62,123 |